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Advanced Public Speaking
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This advanced public speaking textbook is designed to encourage you as a speaker and to help you sharpen your skills. It is written to feel like you are sitting with a trusted mentor over coffee as you receive practical advice on speaking. Grow in confidence, unleash your personal power and find your unique style as you learn to take your speaking to the next level--polished and professional.

Table of Contents
I. Writing a Speech
II. Presenting a Speech
III. Presentation Aids for Speech
IV. Speeches
V. Considerations for Speech
VI. Classroom Activities and Additional Resources

Subject:
Literature and Composition
Speaking and Listening
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
University of Arkansas
Lynn Meade
Date Added:
10/25/2021
Exploring Public Speaking, 4th Edition
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Exploring Public Speaking is a usable, zero-cost textbook for basic public speaking courses or courses that include basic public speaking skills as one of their primary learning outcomes. The free, open nature of the text means that instructors are able to use all or part of it, and add their own materials.

Standout features include coverage of PowerPoint, audience analysis and responsiveness, ethics in public speaking, persuasion, special occasion speeches, and structure of speeches. Because it was written by communication professors with decades of experience in the classroom, Exploring Public Speaking is made to fit the needs of basic public speaking students.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Communication
Literature and Composition
Speaking and Listening
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Barbara Tucker
Matthew LeHew
Date Added:
01/23/2020
It's About Them: Public Speaking in the 21st Century
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Study and application of basic principles of effective extemporaneous speaking, including audience analysis and adaptation, topic selection, research, organization, and presentation skills.
Chapter 1: Why Public Speaking Matters Today
Chapter 2: Building Confidence
Chapter 3: Audience Analysis
Chapter 4: The Importance of Listening
Chapter 5: Ethics
Chapter 6: Researching Your Speech
Chapter 7: Supporting Ideas and Building Arguments
Chapter 8: Organizing and Outlining
Chapter 9: Delivery
Chapter 10: Introductions and Conclusions
Chapter 11: Language
Chapter 12: Presentation Aids
Chapter 13 Informative Speaking
Chapter 14: Persuasive Speaking
Chapter 15: Special Occasion Speaking
Chapter 16: Online Public Speaking

Subject:
Business and Communication
Communication
Literature and Composition
Speaking and Listening
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network
Provider Set:
Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment Grant
Author:
Douglas Marshall
James Yeargain
June Pulliam
KC Celestine (Editor)
Sara Kim
Victoria VaNest
Date Added:
01/14/2023
Public Speaking as Performance
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Public Speaking as Performance: Practicing Public Speaking in the Theatre & Performance Classroom, written by theatre educators, presents the essential elements of speechwriting with the skills that actors use to communicate to an audience. In chapters such as “Actor Tools for Public Speakers” and “From Page to Stage,” the textbook provides students with a creative and accessible approach to delivering speeches. Drawing on the tradition of teaching public speaking in theatre and drama departments, this textbook emphasizes the performative nature of communication.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Business and Communication
Communication
Literature and Composition
Performing Arts
Speaking and Listening
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
University of Kansas
Author:
Jonah Greene
Mechele Leon
Renee Cyr
Date Added:
10/26/2023