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Guide to Public Speaking

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ISBN-10: 0205750117

ISBN-13: 9780205750115

Edition: 2012

Authors: Lisa A. Ford-Brown, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

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Crafted from feedback and usability studies from hundreds of students nationwide, this innovative introduction to public speaking text combines a groundbreaking visual presentation with abundant examples and the vital practical skills, concepts, and theories today's students need to become effective public speakers.This tabbed, spiral-bound guidebook takes all previous notions of a public speaking handbook and turns them upside down. Built from the ground up around scientific data on how public speaking students study and prepare for their speeches, this unique guidebook places the practical how-to information and examples students crave right up front, and then supports them with the…    
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Book details

List price: $57.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/3/2011
Binding: Comb Bound 
Pages: 576
Size: 7.50" wide x 7.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Starting
Overview of Public Speaking
How Will Public Speaking Help You?
How Can You Be a Successful Public Speaker?
How Can You Overcome a Fear of Public Speaking?
How Can You Be an Ethical Public Speaker?
When Will You Use the Skills Offered in this Book?
What Is the Process of Communicating?
What Is the Creative Process for Public Speaking?
Using the Steps in This Book
Getting to Know Your Audience and Situation
Why Do You Need to Know Your Audience?
What Do You Need to Know About Your Audience?
What Specific Traits Do You Need to Investigate?
Why Do You Need to Know the Speaking Situation?
What Do You Need to Know About the Speaking Situation?
How Do You Locate Audience and Situation Information?
How Can You Adapt to Your Audience During the Speech?
Chang's Speech
Selecting Your Topic and Purpose
How Do You Select a Topic?
How Do You Narrow Your Topic?
How Do You Create a Central Idea?
How Do You Construct a Working Outline?
Maria's Speech
Researching
Locating Support Materials
What Does the Internet Have to Offer You?
How Can You Use the Internet to Access Libraries?
What Does the Library Have to Offer You?
What Can You Find Both on the Internet and in Libraries?
How Can You Gather Support Materials in an Interview?
How Can You Gather Support Materials with a Survey?
How Do You Take Good Research Notes?
Desmond's Speech (Part one)
Selecting and Testing Support Materials
What Types of Support Materials Can You Use in Your Speech?
How Do You Determine What Types of Sources and Support Materials to Use?
What Do You Evaluate in Your Support Materials?
How Do You Use Support Materials Effectively?
How Do You Cite Sources Orally?
Desmond's Speech (Part two)
Creating
Outlining Your Speech
Why Do You Need an Outline?
What Are the Parts of an Outline?
How Can You Create an Effective Outline?
What Are the Different Types of Outlines?
What Can You Use to Link Your Speech Parts Together?
How Do You Cite Sources in Your Outline?
How Do You Create a Source Page?
Sophia's Speech
Organizing the Speech Body
What Organizational Strategies Can You Use in Your Speech?
How Do You Select the Best Strategy?
How Do You Make a Speech Out of a Strategy?
Pedro's Speech
Introducing and Concluding Your Speech
What Should Your Introduction Do?
What Are Effective Attention-Getters?
How Do You Organize an Introduction?
What Should Your Conclusion Do?
What Can You Use as a "WOW" Statement?
How Do You Organize a Conclusion?
Lacey's Speech
Presenting
Using Language Successfully
What Makes Language So Important?
How Can You Use Language Effectively?
How Can You Boost Your Distinctiveness?
Lewis's Speech
Delivering Your Speech
What Are the Elements of Vocal Delivery?
What Are the Elements of Physical Delivery?
What Are the Methods of Delivery?
How Do You Rehearse an Extemporaneous Speech?
How Should You Prepare for the Day of the Speech?
Harriet's Speech
Using Presentation Aids
What Can Presentation Aids Do for Your Speech?
What Are the Types of Presentation Aids?
How Do You Determine What Presentation Aids You Need to Use?
What Are Common Methods for Displaying Aids?
How Do You Craft an Effective Aid?
How Can You Use Presentation Software?
How Do You Use a Presentation Aid Successfully?
Atticus's Speech
Listening and Evaluating
Listening
Why Is Listening an Important Skill?
What Is the Process of Listening?
What Are the Types of Listening?
What Can Prevent Effective Listening?
How Can You Help Your Audience Listen More Effectively?
As an Audience Member, How Can You Listen More Effectively?
Elizabeth's Speech
Evaluating Speeches
Why Is Evaluation Important to a Speech?
How Might Evaluations Be Conducted?
What Should You Consider When Evaluating Speeches?
Who Evaluates Your Speech?
Kyle's Speech
Speaking to Inform
The Informative Speech
What Is the Creative Process for Informative Speaking?
What Is Informative Speaking?
How Do You Choose a Focused Informative Topic?
How Do You Conduct Research?
How Do You Construct the Informative Outline?
How Do You Organize the Body of an Informative Speech?
What Should You Include in the Introduction and Conclusion?
What Should You Consider When Preparing to Present Your Speech?
How Should You and Others Evaluate an Informative Speech?
Laura's Speech
Speaking to Persuade
Tools for Persuading
What Is Persuasive Speaking?
What Should a Persuasive Speech Do?
What Are the Traditional Appeals Used to Persuade?
What Are the Modern Appeals Used to Persuade?
What Are the Parts of an Argument?
What Are the Different Types of Arguments?
What Are Faulty Arguments?
Shimin's Speech (Part one)
The Persuasive Speech
What Is the Creative Process for Persuasive Speaking?
How Do You Choose a Focused Persuasive Topic?
How Do You Conduct Research?
How Do You Construct the Persuasive Outline?
How Do You Organize the Body of a Persuasive Speech?
What Should You Include in the Introduction and Conclusion?
What Should You Consider When Preparing to Present Your Speech?
How Should You and Others Evaluate a Persuasive Speech?
Shimin's Speech (Part two)
Speaking on Special Occasions
Speeches for Special Events
What Is the Creative Process for Special Occasion Speaking?
What Are Special Occasion Speeches?
How Do You Write a Special Occasion Speech?
What Are the Types of Special Occasion Speeches?
Jeremy's Speech
Tab 9
On-the-Job Speaking
How Will Public Speaking Help You in Your Profession?
How Do You Create a Business Presentation?
How Do You Effectively Communicate in a Meeting?
How Do You Effectively Communicate in an Interview?
How Do You Effectively Communicate in a Review?
Dylece's Interview
Speaking in Small Groups
What Is a Small Group?
What Roles Can You Play in a Small Group?
How Do Groups Make Decisions or Solve Problems?
How Do Groups Present Their Findings?
Ramon's Group