The Successful Speaker's Guide - Assess Your Strengths, Find Your Tools, and Enhance Your Confidence (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cognella
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2017
Authors:	Richard Bukoski
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	142
ISBN-13:	978-1-5165-0209-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Specific skills > Speaking / pronunciation skills > Public speaking / elocution
LSN:	1-5165-0209-4
Barcode:	9781516502097

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