Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
The Exceptional Presenter
Timothy J. Koegel · 2002
60/100
👎 Skip It
The OPEN UP framework is memorable and the exercises are practical, which is why this book has circulated in corporate training rooms for years. But the misrepresentation of Mehrabian's famous research is a real factual problem in a book explicitly about communication science, and the advice skews heavily toward sales contexts. Worth borrowing from a library; not essential to own.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance62
craft65
originality55
accuracy45
hype58
age-fit80
human-eye60
Penny’s verdict60
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