TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beebe,Steven A.
AU  - Beebe,Susan J.
TI  - Public speaking handbook
SN  - 0205648355
AV  - PN4129.15 .B44 2010
U1  - 808.51 22
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Boston
PB  - Allyn & Bacon
KW  - Public speaking
KW  - Oral communication
N1  - 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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