A Concise Public Speaking Handbook

✍ Scribed by Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 305
• Edition: 6
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In A Concise Public Speaking Handbook, authors Steven and Susan Beebe emphasize the importance of considering the audience at every point in the speech-making process. By focusing on the dynamics of diverse audiences, ethics and communication apprehension, the text narrows the gap between the classroom and the real world.

The 6th Edition offers fresh examples related to recent social events, as well as updated research throughout. Updated How To boxes provide clear instructions for applying textbook concepts to real-life public speaking. A new chapter on mediated public speaking foregrounds the ways in which the rapid growth of communication technology has changed our interpersonal interactions.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
DEI Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Speaking in Public
Improving your Confidence
Presenting your First Speech
Ethics and Free Speech
Analyzing an Audience
Listening
Analyzing your Audience
Adapting to your Audience as you Speak
Preparing a Speech
Developing your Speech
Gathering Supporting Material
Supporting your Speech
Crafting a Speech
Organizing your Speech
Outlining and Revising your Speech
Developing an Introduction
Developing a Conclusion
Using Words Well
Delivering a Speech
Methods of Delivery
Nonverbal Communication
Verbal Communication
Delivering your Speech
Selecting Presentation Aids
Developing and Using Presentation Aids
Types of Speeches
Informative Speaking
Understanding Principles of Persuasive Speaking
Using Persuasive Strategies
Speaking on Special Occasions
Speaking in Small Groups
Mediated Public Speaking
Notes
Glossary
Index

✦ Subjects

Public Speaking; Rhetoric