Public speaking handbook / Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-508) and index.

1. Introduction to Public Speaking -- Why Study Public Speaking? -- Public Speaking and Conversation -- The Communication Process -- The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking -- Public Speaking and Diversity -- 2. Speaking with Confidence -- Understand Your Nervousness -- Build Your Confidence -- 3. Previewing the Audience-Centered Speechmaking Process -- An Audience-Centered Speechmaking Model -- Consider Your Audience -- Select and Narrow Your Topic -- Determine Your Purpose -- Develop Your Central Idea -- Generate the Main Ideas -- Gather Supporting Material -- Organize Your Speech -- Rehearse Your Speech -- Deliver Your Speech -- 4. Speaking Freely and Ethically -- Ethics -- Free Speech -- Speaking Freely -- Speaking Ethically -- Listening Ethically -- 5. Listening to Speeches -- Barriers to Effective Listening -- How to Become a Better Listener -- Improving Your Note-Taking Skills -- Listening and Critical Thinking -- Analyzing and Evaluating Speeches -- 6. Analyzing Your Audience -- Becoming an Audience-Centered Speaker -- Gathering Information About Your Audience -- Analyze Information About Your Audience -- Analyzing Your Audience Before You Speak -- Adapting to Your Audience as You Speak -- Analyzing Your Audience After You Speak -- 7. Developing Your Speech -- Select and Narrow Your Topic -- Determine Your Purpose -- Develop Your Central Idea -- Generate and Preview Your Main Ideas -- Meanwhile, Back at the Computer . -- 8. Gathering Supporting Material -- Personal Knowledge and Experience -- The Internet -- Library Resources -- Interviews -- Resources from Special-Interest Groups and Organizations -- Research Strategies -- 9. Using Supporting Material -- Illustrations -- Descriptions and Explanations -- Definitions -- Analogies -- Statistics -- Opinions -- Selecting the Best Supporting Material -- 10. Organizing Your Speech -- Organizing Your Main Ideas -- Subdividing Your Main Ideas -- Integrating Your Supporting Material -- Organizing Your Supporting Material -- Developing Signposts -- Supplementing Signposts with Presentation Aids -- 11. Introducing Your Speech -- Purposes of Introductions -- Effective Introductions -- 12. Concluding Your Speech -- Purposes of Conclusions -- Effective Conclusions -- 13. Outlining and Editing Your Speech -- Developing a Preparation Outline -- Editing Your Speech -- Developing Your Delivery Outline and Speaking Notes -- 14. Using Words Well: Speaker Language and Style -- Oral Versus Written Language Style -- Using Words Effectively -- Adapting Your Language Style to Diverse Listeners -- Crafting Memorable Word Structures -- Tips for Using Language Effectively -- 15. Delivering Your Speech -- The Power of Speech Delivery -- Methods of Delivery -- Characteristics of Effective Delivery -- Audience Diversity and Delivery -- Rehearsing Your Speech: Some Final Tips -- Delivering Your Speech -- Adapting Your Speech Delivery for Television -- Responding to Questions -- 16. Designing and Using Presentation Aids -- The Value of Presentation Aids -- Types of Presentation Aids -- Guidelines for Developing Presentation Aids -- Guidelines for Using Presentation Aids -- 17. Speaking to Inform -- Goals of Informative Speaking -- Types of Informative Speeches -- Strategies to Enhance Audience Understanding -- Strategies to Maintain Audience Interest -- Strategies to Enhance Audience Recall -- 18. Understanding Principles of Persuasive Speaking -- Persuasion Defined -- How Persuasion Works -- How to Motivate Listeners -- How to Develop Your Persuasive Speech -- Putting Persuasive Principles into Practice -- 19. Using Persuasive Strategies -- Establishing Credibility -- Enhancing Your Credibility -- Using Logic and Evidence to Persuade -- Using Emotion to Persuade -- Strategies for Adapting Ideas to People and People to Ideas -- Strategies for Organizing Persuasive Messages -- 20. Speaking for Special Occasions and Purposes -- Public Speaking in the Workplace -- Discuss the Need or Problem -- Anticipate Criticism -- Ceremonial Speaking -- Introductions -- After-Dinner Speaking: Using Humor Effectively -- Appendix A. Speaking in Small Groups -- Appendix B. The Classical Tradition of Rhetoric -- Appendix C. Suggested Speech Topics -- Appendix D. Speeches for Analysis and Discussion.

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