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DK Speaker

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ISBN-10: 0205870120

ISBN-13: 9780205870127

Edition: 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Lisa Ford-Brown, Dorling Dorling Kindersley

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A dynamic, brief public speaking text This concise public speaking guide pairs all the benefits of a brief text with a full-color, highly visual DK design. Based on the innovative, student- and instructor-tested DK Guide to Public Speaking, this compact handbook places a greater focus on "how to" and core skills while maintaining the groundbreaking, illustrative style and effective pedagogical framework. Streamlined chapters with condensed explanations and examples target the basic elements for successful public speaking. Concepts are presented visually and supported by text, allowing students to get an overview at a glance and read on for specifics. Spiral binding, color-coded parts, and…    
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Book details

List price: $74.06
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
Publication date: 8/23/2012
Binding: Comb Bound 
Pages: 384
Size: 5.90" wide x 7.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

In this Section
) Brief Table of Contents
) Full Table of Contents
) Brief Table of Contents
Starting
Overviewof Public Speaking
Getting to Know Your Audience and Situation
Selecting Your Purpose and Topic
Researching
Locating Support Materials
Selecting and Testing Support Materials
Creating
Outlining Your Speech
Organizing the Speech Body
Introducing and Concluding Your Speech
Presenting
Using Language Successfully
Delivering Your Speech
Using Presentation Aids
Listening and Evaluating
Listening
Evaluating Speeches
Speaking to Inform
The Informative Speech
Speaking to Persuade
Tools for Persuading
The Persuasive Speech
Speaking on Special Occasions
Speeches for Special Events
) Full Table of Contents
Starting
Overview of Public Speaking
How public speaking helps you
Be a successful public speaker
Overcome a fear of speaking
Face your fear head on
Learn techniques that work for you
Practice, practice, practice
Be an ethical public speaker
The process of communicating
The creative process for public speaking
Using the steps in this book
Getting to Know Your Audience and Situation
What you need to know about your audience
Traits to investigate
Personal traits
Psychological traits
Social traits
What you need to know about the situation
Locate information
Adapt to your audience
Selecting Your Purpose and Topic
Select a topic
Narrow your topic
Construct a working outline
Researching
Locating Support Materials
The Internet
Using the Internet to access libraries
The library
On the Internet and in libraries
Interviews
Surveys
Take good research notes
Selecting and Testing Support Materials
Types of support materials
Choose types of sources
Evaluate support materials
Use materials effectively
Cite sources orally
Creating
Outlining Your Speech
Why you need an outline
Parts of an outline
Create an outline
Types of outlines
Link your speech parts
Cite sources in your outline
Create a source page
Organizing the Speech Body
Organizational strategies
Make a speech out of a strategy
Introducing and Concluding Your Speech
What an introduction should do
Attention-getters
Organizing an introduction
What a conclusion should do
�WOW� statements
Presenting
Using Language Successfully
Delivering Your Speech
Using Presentation Aids
Listening and Evaluating
Listening
Evaluating Speeches
Speaking to Inform
The Informative Speech
Speaking to Persuade
Tools for Persuading
The Persuasive Speech
Speaking on Special Occasions
Speeches for Special Events