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The Natural Speaker
ISBN: 9780205543021 | 0205543022
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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The Natural Speaker is a concise, practical, inexpensive, student-friendly guide to public speaking that explores the basic skills necessary to present a natural, effective, and rewarding speech to any audience. By providing a basic knowledge of speech construction, practice, and delivery, this text is designed to enhance and improve students' natural speaking strengths. Featuring a warm, simple, and humorous writing style, The Natural Speaker presents the fundamental concepts and skills required for effective speaking.
| Communicating with Others | |
| What is communication? | |
| The components of communication | |
| The principles of communication | |
| Attitude is more important than aptitude | |
| Communication skills for your life | |
| Communication activities | |
| Giving Yourself Permission | |
| The only way we grow | |
| Giving yourself permission to make mist... MORE | |
| A permission list for speakers | |
| Giving yourself permission to overcome your fear of speaking | |
| Why are you so nervous? | |
| Public speaking is different from conversation | |
| Some encouraging words about stage fright | |
| Will I ever get rid of these butterflies? | |
| Adventure and growth, not safety | |
| Communication activities | |
| Giving Your First Speech | |
| Your first speech | |
| Public speaking | |
| Three principles for public speaking | |
| Four speaking methods | |
| Your message | |
| Your speech organization | |
| Your delivery | |
| Being an Ethical Speaker | |
| Helpful hints for your first speech | |
| Impromptu speaking | |
| Communication activities | |
| Selecting Your Topic | |
| It's your choice | |
| Brainstorming possible topics | |
| Determining your speaking purpose | |
| Determining your specific purpose | |
| Selecting your main points | |
| Analyzing your audience | |
| Gathering Audience Information | |
| Speech preparation questionnaire | |
| Communication activities | |
| Gathering Your Material | |
| What to look for | |
| Where to look for speech information | |
| How to record your speech information | |
| The evidence three-step | |
| Communication activities | |
| Organizing Your Speech | |
| Speech organization | |
| The body | |
| The introduction | |
| The conclusion | |
| Constructing your speech outline | |
| Sample outline | |
| Sample Key Word Outline | |
| Speaking Notes | |
| Communication activities | |
| Delivering Your Speech | |
| Characteristics of good delivery | |
| Elements of good delivery | |
| Speech practice | |
| Your delivery between speeches | |
| Listening to others speak | |
| Viewing your speech | |
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