Taking Center Stage: Masterful Public Speaking Using Acting Skills You N: 5

Business professionals who want to brush up their speaking skills should not be deterred if they feel they have no acting talent. Even professional actors do not rely on talent alone, acknowledge Deb Gottesman and Buzz Mauro (coauthors of The Interview Rehearsal Book) in Taking Center Stage: Masterful Public Speaking Using Acting Skills You Never Knew You Had. As directors of Center Stage Communications, a consulting firm specializing in applying acting techniques to the business world, Gottesman and Mauro present serious advice on such issues as defining and clarifying objectives and overcoming stage fright. ( June)