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Cengage advantage books
Cengage advantage books. ^A1143380
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I. Foundations -- 1. Public speaking : let's start speaking now -- Introductory speeches to begin using immediately -- Introduction speech -- Self-introduction speech -- Personal paper bag speech -- Artifact speech -- How public speaking benefits your life -- How to select the right speech for the right occasion -- Informative versus persuasive speeches -- Special occasion speeches -- Group speeches -- Speaking to make a difference : Keynote address 2012 / Neil Gaiman -- What public speaker need to know about the communication process -- Speaker/listeners -- Stimulus and motivation -- Message encoding and decoding -- Verbal, visual, and vocal codes -- Feedback -- Environment/context -- Noise -- 2. Building speaker confidence -- Understanding speaker anxiety -- Managing situational anxiety -- Managing trait anxiety : positive imagery -- Speaking to make a difference : "The fringe benefits of failure, and the importance of imagination" / J.K. Rowling -- Other methods for managing anxiety -- 3. Listening : what speakers and listeners should know -- Stages of listening -- Listening filters -- Culture -- Gender -- Technology -- What listeners should now about critical listening -- Determine speaker credibility -- Determine accuracy of facts and evidence -- Determine reason for emotional appeals -- What speakers should know about listeners -- Speaking to make a difference : "Youth violence in Chicago" / Michelle Obama -- 4. Public speaking : make ethics and technology work for you -- Ethics : the public speaker's obligation -- Unethical behavior -- Exaggeration, distortion, and plagiarism -- Plagiarism and technology -- Classroom ethics -- Technology : the public speaker's opportunity -- Speaking to make a difference? "United breaks guitars" / Dave Carroll -- Sample Skype interview : Skype interview in three takes" / Binh Cao -- Video clips for college or job applications. |
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II. Preparing and presenting -- 5. Analyzing your audience and selecting a really great topic -- Speaking to make a difference : 2013 Rice Commencement / Neil deGrasse Tyson -- Sample informative speech : "Our solar system and the three dwarves" / Kara Hoekstra -- 6. Researching, organizing, and outlining your topic -- Speaking to make a difference : "Really achieving your childhood dreams" / Randy Pausch -- 7. Interesting verbal and visual supporting materials -- Speaking to make a difference : Macworld Expo 2007 Keynote / Steve Jobs -- Using PowerPoint -- 8. Effective delivery -- Delivery : selecting the best method -- Brief notes -- Visual aids -- Impromptu -- Speaking from a manuscript -- Memory -- Delivery : choosing words carefully -- Delivery : adding power with stylistic devices -- Alliteration and assonance -- Antithesis -- Hyperbole -- Onomatopoeia -- Personification -- Repetition and parallelism -- Simile and metaphor -- Speaking to make a difference : Gettysburg Address / Abraham Lincoln -- Delivery : adding polish to your presentation -- Practicing your speech. |
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III. Types of speeches -- 9. Informative speaking -- Sample demonstration speech : "Origami for storytelling" / Cassandra Ferrell -- Sample informational speech : "Bacterial meningitis" / Emily Wilson -- Tools to aid understanding and memory -- Steps in preparing an informative speech -- Speaking to make a difference : 1990 Wellesley Commencement / Barbara Bush -- Sample preparation outline : "Chinese fortune-telling" / Chung-Yan Mung -- 10. Persuasive speaking -- Persuasion : what it is and is not -- Types of persuasive speeches -- Speech to convince -- Speech to actuate -- Speech to stimulate or intensify social cohesion -- Picking your persuasive topic -- Speaking to make a difference : 1961 Inaugural Address / John F. Kennedy -- Using good arguments and reasoning -- The Toulmin model of a good argument -- Fallacious reasoning -- Ethical, logical, and emotional appeals : use them only if you really want to persuade -- Credibility (ethos) -- Skillful use of logic and evidence (logos) -- Getting your audience emotionally involved (pathos) -- Two persuasive theories that can really help you -- Elaboration likelihood model of persuasion -- Social judgment theory -- Sample persuasive speech : "Together, we can stop cyber-bullying" / Adam Parrish -- Final preparation tips -- Persuasive-speech evaluation form -- 11. Special occasion speaking -- Speeches of introduction -- Award presentations -- Acceptance speeches -- Commemorative speeches -- Tributes -- Toasts -- Sample speech of tribute : "My Grandfather, John Flanagan Sr." / Tara Flanagan -- Eulogies -- Speaking to make a difference : 2009 Fort Hood Eulogy / Barack Obama -- After-dinner speeches -- 12. Group speaking -- Effective speaking in groups -- Effective problem solving in groups -- Speaking to make a difference : NatGeo 125 Anniversary Presentation -- Effective participation and leadership in groups -- Sample group with problems : "Project team." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-348) and index. |
| LCCN | 2013948335 |
| ISBN | 9781285159454 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1285159454 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
