Public Speaking Handbook Book

1. Introduction to Public Speaking

Why Study Public Speaking?

Public Speaking and Conversation

The Communication Process

The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking

Public Speaking and Diversity

2. Speaking with Confidence

Understand Your Nervousness

Build Your Confidence

3. Previewing the Audience-Centered Speechmaking Process

An Audience-Centered Speechmaking Model

Consider Your Audience

Select and Narrow Your Topic

Determine Your Purpose

Develop Your Central Idea

Generate the Main Ideas

Gather Supporting Material

Organize Your Speech

Rehearse Your Speech

Deliver Your Speech

4. Speaking Freely and Ethically

Ethics

Free Speech

Speaking Freely

Speaking Ethically

Listening Ethically

5. Listening to Speeches

Barriers to Effective Listening

How to Become a Better Listener

Improving Your Note-Taking Skills

Listening and Critical Thinking

Analyzing and Evaluating Speeches

6. Analyzing Your Audience

Becoming an Audience-Centered Speaker

Gathering Information About Your Audience

Analyze Information About Your Audience

Analyzing Your Audience Before You Speak

Adapting to Your Audience as You Speak

Analyzing Your Audience After You Speak

7. Developing Your Speech

Select and Narrow Your Topic

Determine Your Purpose

Develop Your Central Idea

Generate and Preview Your Main Ideas

Meanwhile, Back at the Computer . . .

8. Gathering Supporting Material

Personal Knowledge and Experience

The Internet

Library Resources

Interviews

Resources from Special-Interest Groups and Organizations

Research Strategies

9. Using Supporting Material

Illustrations

Descriptions and Explanations

Definitions

Analogies

Statistics

Opinions

Selecting the Best Supporting Material

10. Organizing Your Speech

Organizing Your Main Ideas

Subdividing Your Main Ideas

Integrating Your Supporting Material

Organizing Your Supporting Material

Developing Signposts

Supplementing Signposts with Presentation Aids

11. Introducing Your Speech

Purposes of Introductions

Effective Introductions

12. Concluding Your Speech

Purposes of Conclusions

Effective Conclusions

13. Outlining and Editing Your Speech

Developing a Preparation Outline

Editing Your Speech

Developing Your Delivery Outline and Speaking Notes

14. Using Words Well: Speaker Language and Style

Oral Versus Written Language Style

Using Words Effectively

Adapting Your Language Style to Diverse Listeners

Crafting Memorable Word Structures

Tips for Using Language Effectively

15. Delivering Your Speech

The Power of Speech Delivery

Methods of Delivery

Characteristics of Effective Delivery

Audience Diversity and Delivery

Rehearsing Your Speech: Some Final Tips

Delivering Your Speech

Adapting Your Speech Delivery for Television

Responding to Questions

16. Designing and Using Presentation Aids

The Value of Presentation Aids

Types of Presentation Aids

Guidelines for Developing Presentation Aids

Guidelines for Using Presentation Aids

17. Speaking to Inform

Goals of Informative Speaking

Types of Informative Speeches

Strategies to Enhance Audience Understanding

Strategies to Maintain Audience Interest

Strategies to Enhance Audience Recall

18. Understanding Principles of Persuasive Speaking

Persuasion Defined

How Persuasion Works

How to Motivate Listeners

How to Develop Your Persuasive Speech

Putting Persuasive Principles into Practice

19. Using Persuasive Strategies

Establishing Credibility

Enhancing Your Credibility

Using Logic and Evidence to Persuade

Using Emotion to Persuade

Strategies for Adapting Ideas to People and People to Ideas

Strategies for Organizing Persuasive Messages

20. Speaking for Special Occasions and Purposes

Public Speaking in the Workplace

Discuss the Need or Problem

Anticipate Criticism

Ceremonial Speaking

Introductions

After-Dinner Speaking: Using Humor Effectively

Appendices

A. Speaking in Small Groups

B. The Classical Tradition of Rhetoric

C. Suggested Speech Topics

D. Speeches for Analysis and Discussion