Present Like A Pro: The Field Guide to Mastering the Art of Business, Professional, and Public Speaking

(St. Martin’s Griffin Press, 2006)

Sales calls, weddings, conferences, weekly meetings - we all have to speak in public. Yet many find the experience draining, terrifying, or remain unsatisfied with their own ability to engage and sway an audience. In "Present Like a Pro", you'll learn to: solicit useful feedback; deal with hecklers; evoke the power of your own life in your talk; and much more! Kevin E. O'Connor and Cyndi Maxey have distilled over thirty years of professional speaking into concise, easy to use guide that will help anyone Present Like a Pro!

Speak Up! A Woman’s Guide to Presenting Like a Pro

(St. Martin’s Griffin Press, 2008)

Whether speaking one-on-one or one to one thousand, women have specific challenges that can get in the way of their ability to convey ideas and engage an audience. Public speaking professionals Cyndi Maxey and Kevin O'Connor give women the tips and tools they need to be able to speak clearly, with confidence and conviction, and present information effectively.

Fearless Facilitation: The Ultimate Field Guide to Engaging (and Involving!) Your Audience

(Pfeiffer, 2013)

As the workforce ages and younger trainers and managers emerge, facilitation skills take on a new importance and, with the increased use of social networks, new facilitation skills are needed. Written by two facilitation gurus, this book shows how to make any learning environment come alive. It outlines proven guidelines any trainer can use to unify groups, inspire creativity, and get audiences, teams, and colleagues to speak up, talk back, participate, and engage in meetings.

Handbook for Ministers of Care

(Liturgy Training Publications, 2022)

Handbook for Ministers of Care provides training and formation for new and experienced lay ministers who visit and pray with the isolated and homebound, the sick, and the dying. Now in its third edition, this award-winning formational tool enables the lay minister of care to reflect deeply upon the theological meaning of their role and grow in their ministry. Updated to reflect the needs and circumstances of today, this resource helps ministers of care to prayerfully engage with the Church’s rites of the sick and become well-equipped with their purpose and function, and to become acquainted with common health care policies and protocols.