Contemporary Public Speaking

Author : Courtland L. Bovée
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780939693603
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Public Speaking written by Courtland L. Bovée and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Public Speaking includes all the traditional fundamentals as well as the hottest issues in public speaking today. Featuring a conversational style and an extensive photo and illustration program, this comprehensive coverage provides students with the tools they need to analyze and apply public speaking principles. Examples, exercises, and boxed features offer insights into major themes such as speaking across cultures, developing creativity, improving critical thinking, overcoming speech anxiety, focusing on ethics, and learning from real-world speaking situations. Students will also explore how to speak on the job and in small groups, develop persuasive strategies, and use audio/visual aids--from flip charts to multimedia presentations--and will learn basic ways to become more effective speakers and listeners. A Collegiate Press book CONSULTING EDITORS: JoAnn Edwards, University of Mississippi Jon A. Hess, University of Missouri, Columbia Cynthia Irizarry, Stetson University Shannon McCraw, Southeastern Oklahoma State University Timothy P. Meyer, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Louis J. Rosso, Winthrop University

Author : Andrea Thorson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781465229519
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Public Speaking written by Andrea Thorson and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9781524904937
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Public Speaking written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathleen M. German
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315506246
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principles of Public Speaking written by Kathleen M. German and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balancing skills and theory, Principles of Public Speaking emphasizes orality, Internet technology, and critical thinking as it encourages the reader to see public speaking as a way to build community in today's diverse world. Within a framework that emphasizes speaker responsibility, critical thinking and listening, and cultural awareness, this classic book uses examples from college, workplace, political, and social communication to make the study of public speaking relevant, contemporary, and exciting. This brief but comprehensive book also offers the reader the latest in using technology in speechmaking, featuring a unique and exciting integrated text and technology learning system.

Author : Meggie Mapes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speak Out, Call In written by Meggie Mapes and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Letteri
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Handbook of Public Speaking written by Richard Letteri and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 2002 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook integrates the principles of classical rhetoric with those of contemporary public speaking and provides examples of how to apply these principles to various speaking situations. Featuring concise explanations and examples of the main principles, categories, and techniques of public speaking, the handbook format allows students to access easily the material when they are researching, preparing, and practicing their speeches. Covering the full range of topics in all public speaking courses, this text's rhetorical grounding and easy-to-use format make it a practical tool for today's students.

Author : Paul Edward Nelson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780077239169
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ISpeak written by Paul Edward Nelson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Nelson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780078036835
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ispeak written by Paul Nelson and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for the Introduction to Communication course, this trusted text presents the foundation of communication studies through numerous examples that range from the campus to the workplace to communities both in the United States and throughout the world. Every chapter contains numerous activities that engage students and promote group work.

Author : Paul Nelson
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
ISBN 13 : 9780077309534
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book iSpeak: Public Speaking for Contemporary Life: 2011 Edition written by Paul Nelson and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McGraw-Hill conducted extensive market research with over 4,000 students to gain insight into their studying and buying behavior. Students told us they wanted more portable texts with innovative visual appeal and content that is designed according to the way they learn. We also surveyed instructors, and they told us they wanted a way to engage their students without compromising on high quality content. Freedom of speech and public speaking are critical components of a healthy democracy. iSpeak promotes this declaration by using examples that reflect vital personal, social, and political themes that portray campus communities across the country. iSpeak consistently demonstrates that public communication is directly related to what people care about, what people want, and what people do. New to iSpeak is Connect Public Speaking - a dynamic and powerful web-based learning management platform with the student experience at its core. Informed by extensive research conducted with both instructors and students, Connect is designed to help students earn better grades and save instructors valuable time, whether teaching a face to face, online, or hybrid course. More current, more portable, more captivating, plus a rigorous and innovative research foundation adds up to: more learning. When you meet students where they are, you can take them where you want them to be.

Author : Steven S. Vrooman
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781515337799
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Zombie Guide to Public Speaking written by Steven S. Vrooman and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If this book were just a satire, it would grow old pretty quickly: 1.Stumble to the front. 2.Raise your arms. 3.Groooooaaaannnnn. Instead, this book is a deeply researched investigation into why most public speeches don't really accomplish our goals and what we can do about that. As I was writing it, perhaps because I teach popular culture as well as public speaking, I became somewhat obsessed with the ways that the scary, brainless interaction that passes for speaking is so similar to the scary, brainless zombies in popular culture. You shamble up to the front of the room. The audience groans and shuffles around. Everyone is looking for brains. There are none to be found. All suffer from the living death of boredom and lack of engagement. One of the scary things about zombies is that they look like people, your neighbors, family, colleagues and friends, but they are not. At least one person in most zombie movies will make the mistake of thinking there is still humanity in there and they get chomped for it. This is also what is scary and sad about most speeches. Everyone looks human. But there are no human connections. Our minds disappear into a glaze of Power Point. In most places where we give speeches, we do the same thing. We brainlessly show up to the same places, go through the same motions, use the same kinds of slides, and repeat the things that seem to matter even when they don't. All too often we show up to meetings or events or class, pretending that we are doing a lot of work. And we want our audiences to believe it too. And when they clap and we sit down, for a minute all of us feel that it was all right, that we really did all just endure something together that was worth it. A second later, that feeling is gone, and we wonder what happened to another day or another afternoon and wish, like we did when we were ten, that somehow school would be cancelled and we could, just for a day, choose again to do something cool with our time. Most speeches fail. We pretend that this is okay, that it is not a terrible waste of everyone's time. We go through the motions again like zombies. This book will try to drill down to get to what is most important and what can actually make you better. The argument is simple: you are doing it wrong. Public speaking, at its best, moves people and creates change. But when was the last time you were enthralled by a speech? No phone, no wandering attention, no thoughts of lunch? Speaking has become an inert show, a droning on in front of a flickering failure of visual aids. We have already given up before we stand up to give a speech. No one cares, not even you. Public life has been reduced to a "let's just get this over with" mentality. Too strong a judgment? Look at the faces in the room around you next time you are sitting in an audience and tell me I'm wrong. We need to resurrect this dead thing called speaking. This book has two new chapters. Seven chapters have been extensively altered. All of this, from the first-ever public speaking textbook chapter on depression to the extensive use of Dungeons & Dragons references in the figurative language chapter, is designed to make the book more interesting and useful than the first edition was. Don't get me wrong. I loved the first edition of this book. It was the best thing I'd ever written. But, it needed to be better.