"Voice Training Programs for Professional Speakers: Global Outcomes" is a professional resource for voice training programs used to care for the voice of different professional speakers and occupational voice users. This includes teachers, media reporters, fitness instructors, telemarketers, and more. Each chapter is authored by an experienced voice clinician who provides a clear description of the target population and their challenges, explanation of the need for the voice training program, and outcomes of the program.The goal of this text is to raise awareness amongst the professional speakers' community, as well as their governing and educational institutions, regarding the need for voice training programs as part of their occupational care services. "Voice Training Programs for Professional Speakers" can also be used as a resource for those interested in starting similar programs.The text promotes health care amongst future and current professional speakers and can be used by speech language pathologists and vocal coaches as a resource to facilitate awareness and promote similar programs globally. Preventative and management programs are needed for professional voice users and the voice clinicians who treat them; this text studies the outcomes of existing programs to facilitate their adoption and development.

The Successful Speaker's Guide: Assess Your Strengths, Find Your Tools, and Enhance Your Confidence compiles original material and reading selections that help readers assess their own strengths and weaknesses as speakers, and uses specific tools to prepare the perfect speech for any occasion. Filled with expert guidance for speaking successfully in class, or in professional or social settings, the text focuses on practical tips and real-world applications. Rooted in the belief that good communication skills are the secret to advancing in a career, working well in a team, negotiating, relating to customers, and building great relationships with colleagues, the fifteen chapters discuss every aspect of public speaking from tips for speech preparation to the psychology of audiences. The book also includes information on choosing a speech topic and determining the speech's purpose, using visual and sensory aids, overcoming speaker's anxiety, and incorporating research into a speech. The Successful Speaker's Guide enables student-readers to decide what tools are available to support successful speaking and how they want to make use of these tools in ways that are comfortable and appropriate for the situation. It is an ideal text for public speaking or introductory communication courses.

Investigates the rhetorical practices that contemporary evangelical Christian women use to confront theological and cultural issues that stymie deliberation within their communities regarding how to respond to sexual assault and domestic violence, with an eye toward both compassion for victims and accountability for perpetrators.