Building A Speech

Author : Sheldon Metcalfe
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780534606602
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building a Speech written by Sheldon Metcalfe and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metcalfe's BUILDING A SPEECH, Fifth Edition, continues the tradition of providing proven texts at lower prices. With 20 chapters organized into five units, BUILDING A SPEECH guides students through a step-by-step process of acquiring public speaking skills by observation, peer criticism, personal experience and instructor guidance. Readings and exercises provide assistance in developing informative and persuasive speeches as well as research and speechwriting skills. This book establishes a caring environment for the learning process through a conversational style that aims to both interest and motivate students, while conveying encouragement through topics such as apprehension and listening that will help students to realize that they are not alone in their struggles. It is grounded in the philosophy that students can master the steps of speech construction if provided with a caring environment, clear blueprints, and creative examples.

Author : Lois Ehlert
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152024253
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Top Cat written by Lois Ehlert and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The top cat in a household is reluctant to accept the arrival of a new kitten but decides to share various survival secrets with it.

Author : Craig Valentine
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1600379192
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Class Speaking written by Craig Valentine and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two experts show you how to boost your speaking and marketing skills and make money by giving riveting presentations. When World Class Speaker meets World Class Guerrilla Marketer, your profits explode! How would you like to become a World Class Speaker whom others travel far and wide to see? How would you like to turn your presentations into profit-making machines that bring in 6 figures or more each year? How would you like to speak to audiences without having to leave home? World Class Speaking is the system for you! In this book, you will learn how to build stellar presentations that keep your audiences on the edge of their seats, turn your presentations into dozens of profitable income streams, master leading-edge technologies & speak to 1,000 people without even leaving home, and automate your business & make passive recurring income while you sleep. World Class Speaking is the one-stop-shop for building breakthrough presentations & turning them into a solid system of ongoing income.

Author : Joan Detz
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312302733
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Write & Give a Speech written by Joan Detz and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-12-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to write and deliver an effective speech, covering such aspects as humor, nervousness, subject research, memorable style, team presentations, international audiences, question and answer sessions, audiovisual tools, and copyright.

Author : Metcalfe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780030531491
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building a Speech written by Metcalfe and published by . This book was released on 1991-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nick Morgan
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
ISBN 13 : 162527629X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Give Your Speech, Change the World written by Nick Morgan and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2005-02-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you remember the topic of the last speech you heard? If not, you're not alone. In fact, studies show that audiences remember only 10% to 30% of speech or presentation content. Given those bleak statistics, why do we give speeches at all? We give them, says communications expert Nick Morgan, because they remain the most powerful way of connecting with audiences since ancient Greek times. But as we've evolved to a more conversational mode of public speaking, thanks to television, we have forgotten much of what the Greeks taught us about the nonverbal aspects of speech-giving: the physical connection with audiences that can create an almost palpable emotional bond. Morgan says this "kinesthetic connection" comes from truly listening to your audience—not just with your brain but with your body. In this book, he draws from more than 20 years as a speech coach and consultant, combining the best of ancient Greek oratory with modern communications research to offer a new, audience-centered approach to public speaking. Through entertaining and insightful examples, Morgan illustrates a 3 part process—focusing on content development, rehearsal, and delivery—that will enable readers of all experience levels to give more effective, passion-filled speeches that move audiences to action.

Author : Roberto Pieraccini
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262016850
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Voice in the Machine written by Roberto Pieraccini and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of more than sixty years of successes and failures in developing technologies that allow computers to understand human spoken language. Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey famously featured HAL, a computer with the ability to hold lengthy conversations with his fellow space travelers. More than forty years later, we have advanced computer technology that Kubrick never imagined, but we do not have computers that talk and understand speech as HAL did. Is it a failure of our technology that we have not gotten much further than an automated voice that tells us to "say or press 1"? Or is there something fundamental in human language and speech that we do not yet understand deeply enough to be able to replicate in a computer? In The Voice in the Machine, Roberto Pieraccini examines six decades of work in science and technology to develop computers that can interact with humans using speech and the industry that has arisen around the quest for these technologies. He shows that although the computers today that understand speech may not have HAL's capacity for conversation, they have capabilities that make them usable in many applications today and are on a fast track of improvement and innovation. Pieraccini describes the evolution of speech recognition and speech understanding processes from waveform methods to artificial intelligence approaches to statistical learning and modeling of human speech based on a rigorous mathematical model--specifically, Hidden Markov Models (HMM). He details the development of dialog systems, the ability to produce speech, and the process of bringing talking machines to the market. Finally, he asks a question that only the future can answer: will we end up with HAL-like computers or something completely unexpected?

Author : Dorothy P. Dougherty
Publisher : ASHA
ISBN 13 : 158041205X
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Talking on the Go written by Dorothy P. Dougherty and published by ASHA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All parents and caregivers, no matter how busy, want to provide their children with the most stimulating environment for learning and using language. A trip to the supermarket, taking a ride, playing outside, or doing everyday activities at home provide great opportunities for developing speech and language skills. Talking On the Go is loaded with everyday activities to enhance speech and language development in four major areas: * building vocabulary * listening and speech production * reading and writing readiness * participation in conversations Durable and easy to use, Talking On the Go offers simple and fun suggestions for parents and caregivers to use in a variety of settings. Activities are geared for children from birth through age five.

Author : Edwin Gordon Lawrence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speech-making written by Edwin Gordon Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles LeBeau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781929274499
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Getting Ready for Speech written by Charles LeBeau and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting Ready For Speech was a finalist in the Independent Publisher book awards of 2002. It features a wide variety of sample speeches; it includes storytelling, show and tell, and movie and book reviews; it is perfect practice for high school speech contests; it carefully controls grammar and vocabulary and recycles them again and again. "Getting Ready for Speech" is much more than the lowest level speech book on the market. Using a new approach, each unit develops both language skills and speech skills. Each unit introduces grammar, vocabulary, and listening skills along with speech delivery and organizational skills. Every unit features a different type of speech. Speech types include self-introduction speeches, speeches to introduce someone, layout speeches, demonstrations speeches, storytelling, show and tell, and movie and book reviews. Units have a proven step-by-step learner-friendly format: 1. MODEL--Each unit kicks off with a model, a focused listening task where students listen to simple mini-speeches modeling the units target speech. 2. LANGUAGE--These pages highlight and practice the specific language from the mini-speeches 3. DELIVERY--The ever-popular delivery pages isolate and practice the units delivery skill. 4. PRACTICE--These pages revise the listening task at the beginning of the unit into a pair work format that enables each student to integrate the units language and delivery skills. 5. SPEECH--These pages provide students with a clear, simple template for preparing and giving their own speeches. 6. GRAMMAR--Each unit concludes with a page summarizing the units grammar focus. Getting Ready for Speech--A four skills text disguised as a speech text!