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Mastering Public Speaking : The Handbook
ISBN: 9780205547616 | 0205547613
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 10/12/2007
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An adaptation of "Mastering Public Speaking 6e," this handbook provides the reader with a 2-color, less costly alternative to the 4-color book in a reference format, enabling quick and easy access to information. This book equips the reader with a firm grounding in the " hows" and " whys" of public speaking by providing an ideal balance of theory and skills while placing important emphasis on critiquing, ethics, and critical thinking.
| An Introduction to Public Speaking | |
| Why Study Public Speaking? | |
| Definitions of Communication | |
| Levels of Communication | |
| Elements of Communication | |
| The Public Speaker as Critical Thinker | |
| The Ethics of Public Speaking | |
| Definition of Ethics | |
| Principles of Ethics | |
| Ethical Speaking | |
| Ethica... MORE | |
| Fair Use Guidelines | |
| Plagiarism | |
| Speaking Confidently | |
| Recognize That Speaker Nervousness Is Normal | |
| Control Speaker Nervousness | |
| Learn How to Build Speaker Confidence | |
| Prepare Your First Speech | |
| Responding to Speeches | |
| The Importance of Listening | |
| Listening versus Hearing | |
| The Process of Listening | |
| Obstacles to Effective Listening | |
| Promoting Better Listening | |
| Critiquing Speeches | |
| Acting on Criticism | |
| Analyzing Your Audience | |
| Recognize the Value of Audience Diversity | |
| Analyze Your Audience before the Speech | |
| Analyze Your Audience during the Speech | |
| Analyze Your Audience after the Speech | |
| Selecting Your Speech Topic | |
| Generate Ideas | |
| Select Your Topic | |
| Focus Your Topic | |
| Determine Your General Purpose | |
| Formulate Your Specific Purpose | |
| Word Your Thesis Statement | |
| Develop Your Speech Title | |
| Researching Your Topic | |
| Assess Your Personal Knowledge | |
| Develop Your Research Plan | |
| Collect Your Information | |
| Record Your Information | |
| Conclude Your Search | |
| Supporting Your Speech | |
| Purposes of Supporting Materials | |
| Types of Supporting Materials | |
| Tests of Evidence | |
| Evaluating Electronic Information | |
| Citing Your Sources | |
| Organizing the Body of Your Speech | |
| Formulate an Organizing Question | |
| Divide the Speech into Key Ideas | |
| Develop the Key Ideas | |
| Connect the Key Ideas | |
| Introducing and Concluding Your Speech | |
| Organize the Introduction of the Speech | |
| Organize the Conclusion of the Speech | |
| Outlining Your Speech | |
| Functions of Outlining | |
| Principles of Outlining | |
| Stages of Outlining | |
| Wording Your Speech | |
| Functions of Language | |
| Principles of Effective Language Use | |
| Delivering Your Speech | |
| Principles of Nonverbal Communication | |
| Methods of Delivery | |
| Qualities of Effective Delivery | |
| Elements of Vocal Delivery | |
| Elements of Physical Delivery | |
| Using Presentational Aids | |
| The Importance of Using Presentational Aids | |
| Types of Presentational Aids | |
| Projection of Visual Aids | |
| Designing Visual Aids | |
| Strategies for Using Presentational Aids | |
| Speaking to Inform | |
| Characteristics of a Speech to Inform | |
| Informative Speech Topics | |
| Guidelines for Speaking to Inform | |
| Annotated Sample Speech: The Amish: Seeking to Lose the Self | |
| The Strategy of Persuasion | |
| The Importance of Persuasion | |
| A Definition of Persuasion | |
| Types of Influence | |
| Types of Persuasive Speeches | |
| Persuasive Speaking Strategies | |
| The Structure of Persuasion | |
| Making and Refuting Arguments | |
| Types of Argument | |
| Fallacies of Argument | |
| Selecting Propositions for Persuasive Speeches | |
| Monroe | |
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