Your Public Best - Lillian Brown [121]
But is it?
The bottom line is that as a public person you have received advice from everyone from your own teenagers to expert consultants . . . with coworkers and friends, perhaps, somewhere in between.
And by now you will have examined and assessed the main points in this book about your personal appearance, your voice, your message, and techniques available to you to use in transmitting that message.
Now, you have to take all of the disparate elements of your public self—all of those things that you have been putting together—and you have to join them with the best of the advice that has been presented to you. During this process, you will be discarding those elements that make you uncomfortable or are simply wrong for you.
In addition to the expertise that you possess in your field, you have now added a professional polish that helps you to meet the challenges inherent in being in the public eye.
As a public person, you know you simply cannot come across as false in any way. You cannot be somebody you are not.
You are the person responsible for your life, and you have to live with yourself long after all of the tumult and shouting are over and the others have gone home. In the end, you must visualize how hindsight and history will regard you and your accomplishments.
FOR FURTHER READING
Bartlett, John. Familiar Quotations. 15th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1980.
Bliss, Edward, Jr., and Patterson, John M. Writing News for Broadcast. 2d ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 1978.
Carnegie, Dale. The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking. Revised by Dorothy Carnegie. New York: Pocket Books, 1962.
Ehret, Charles F., and Scanlon, Lynne Waller. Overcoming Jet Lag. New York: Berkley Books, 1983.
Lustberg, Arch. Building Podium Power. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Association Department, 1988.
Martel, Myles. Before You Say a Word: The Executive Guide to Effective Communication. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 1984.
Matthews, Christopher. Hardball: How Politics Is Played—Told by One Who Knows the Game. New York: Summit Books, 1988.
McGinniss, Joe. The Selling of the President. 20th anniversary ed. New York: Penguin Books, 1969.
McKenzie, E. C. 14,000 Quips & Quotes for Writers & Speakers. New York: Greenwich House, 1980.
NBC Handbook of Pronunciation. 4th ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1984.
Norfolk, Donald. Executive Stress. New York: Warner Books, 1986.
Peale, Norman Vincent. The Power of Positive Thinking. New York: Fawcett Crest, 1956.
Rizzo, Raymond. The Voice as an Instrument. 6th ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1985.
Rogers, Natalie H. Talk Power: How to Speak without Fear. New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1982.
Uris, Dorothy. A Woman’s Voice: A Handbook to Successful Private and Public Speaking. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975.
Van Dusen, C. Raymond. Training the Voice for Speech: A Guide to Voice and Articulation Improvement. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1953.
INDEX
ABC News
accessories
agents, working with
Albert, Carl
alcohol
American University
Astaire, Fred
awards, acceptance of
Bacall, Lauren
Bailey, Pearl
body language
and political candidacy
in public speaking
of television interviewer
book tours
breathing
Buckley, William F., Jr.
Burns, George
Burton, Richard
Carter, Jimmy
CBS News
Chamberlain, Neville
Churchill, Winston
clothes
Ann Richards, dressing of
on book tours
colors
black
blue and purple
brown
coordination of
gray
green
orange
red
spectrum of
white
yellow
emergency kits
fabrics
fit of
men
neckties
pocket handkerchiefs
political campaign wardrobe
shirts
shoes
toning down
travel wardrobe
visual vibrancy of
women
Collingwood, Charles
colors
coordination of
eyeshadow and eyeliner colors
makeup. See makeup
men’s clothing
contact lenses
corporate spokespersons
Cosby, Bill
Cosell, Howard
Cronkite, Walter
Cuomo, Mario
dandruff
Democratic