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A Speaker's Guidebook: Text and Reference by Dan O'Hair; Rob Stewart; Hannah Rubenstein - Seventh Edition, 2018 from Macmillan Student Store
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Conquer the core challenges of public speaking classroom with Speaker's Guidebook: Text and Reference. Learn how to organize, outline, and present a speech fit for the classroom, the boardroom, and in the community as you explore the essential elements to good speechmaking--listening, ethics, credibility, and persuasion.

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Contents

Table of Contents

Getting Started with Confidence
1. Becoming a Public Speaker
2. Giving It a Try: Preparing Your First Speech

Public Speaking Basics
3. Managing Speech Anxiety
4. Listeners and Speakers
5. Ethical Public Speaking

Audience Analysis and Topic Selection 
6. Analyzing the Audience 
7. Selecting a Topic and Purpose

Supporting the Speech
8. Developing Supporting Materials
9. Finding Credible Print and Online Materials
10. Citing Sources in Your Speech

Organizing and Outlining
11. Organizing the Body of the Speech
12. Types of Organizational Arrangements 
13. Outlining the Speech

Introductions, Conclusions, and Language 
14. Developing the Introduction 
15. Developing the Conclusion 
16. Using Language to Style the Speech

Vocal and Nonverbal Delivery 
17. Methods of Delivery
18. The Voice in Delivery 
19. The Body in Delivery

Presentation Aids
20. Speaking with Presentation Aids
21. Designing Presentation Aids 
22. Using Presentation Software

Forms of Speeches
23. The Informative Speech
24. Principles of Persuasive Speaking
25. Developing Arguments for the Persuasive Speech 
26. Organizing the Persuasive Speech 
27. Special Occasion Speeches

Speaking Beyond the Speech Classroom 
28. Preparing Online Presentations
29. Communicating in Groups 
30. Business and Professional Presentations 
31. Presentations in Other College Courses

Sample Speeches
Sample Visually Annotated Informative Speech
Sample Visually Annotated Persuasive Speeches
Sample Special Occasion Speeches

Reference and Research Appendices
A.
 Commonly Mispronounced Words
B. Chicago Documentation
C. APA Documentation
D. Glossary

Online Appendices
E.
 Question-and-Answer Sessions
F. Preparing for TV and Radio Communication 
G. MLA Documentation
H. CBE/CSE Documentation
I. IEEE Documentation

Notes
Acknowledgements
Index

Authors

Dan O'Hair

Dan O’Hair is dean of the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information. He is past presidential professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma and past president of the National Communication Association. He is coauthor or coeditor of eighteen communication texts and scholarly volumes and has published more than ninety research articles and chapters in dozens of communication, psychology, and health journals and books. He is a frequent presenter at national and international communication conferences, is on the editorial boards of various journals, and has served on numerous committees and task forces for regional and national communication associations.


Rob Stewart

Rob Stewart is the Senior Vice Provost and professor of communication studies at Texas Tech University. He is coauthor of A Speaker's Guidebook, and five editions of A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, and has published more than 30 articles and book chapters.


Hannah Rubenstein

Hannah Rubenstein is a writer, editor, and part-time college instructor who has used her academic training in communication (MA, Fairfield University) to guide her collaborations on A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, A Speaker's Guidebook,Public Speaking: Challenges and Choices, and other successful college texts. She heads her own communication firm, Hedgehog Productions, and teaches the basic public speaking course at Connecticut colleges.


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Conquer the core challenges of public speaking classroom with Speaker's Guidebook: Text and Reference. Learn how to organize, outline, and present a speech fit for the classroom, the boardroom, and in the community as you explore the essential elements to good speechmaking--listening, ethics, credibility, and persuasion.

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Table of Contents

Getting Started with Confidence
1. Becoming a Public Speaker
2. Giving It a Try: Preparing Your First Speech

Public Speaking Basics
3. Managing Speech Anxiety
4. Listeners and Speakers
5. Ethical Public Speaking

Audience Analysis and Topic Selection 
6. Analyzing the Audience 
7. Selecting a Topic and Purpose

Supporting the Speech
8. Developing Supporting Materials
9. Finding Credible Print and Online Materials
10. Citing Sources in Your Speech

Organizing and Outlining
11. Organizing the Body of the Speech
12. Types of Organizational Arrangements 
13. Outlining the Speech

Introductions, Conclusions, and Language 
14. Developing the Introduction 
15. Developing the Conclusion 
16. Using Language to Style the Speech

Vocal and Nonverbal Delivery 
17. Methods of Delivery
18. The Voice in Delivery 
19. The Body in Delivery

Presentation Aids
20. Speaking with Presentation Aids
21. Designing Presentation Aids 
22. Using Presentation Software

Forms of Speeches
23. The Informative Speech
24. Principles of Persuasive Speaking
25. Developing Arguments for the Persuasive Speech 
26. Organizing the Persuasive Speech 
27. Special Occasion Speeches

Speaking Beyond the Speech Classroom 
28. Preparing Online Presentations
29. Communicating in Groups 
30. Business and Professional Presentations 
31. Presentations in Other College Courses

Sample Speeches
Sample Visually Annotated Informative Speech
Sample Visually Annotated Persuasive Speeches
Sample Special Occasion Speeches

Reference and Research Appendices
A.
 Commonly Mispronounced Words
B. Chicago Documentation
C. APA Documentation
D. Glossary

Online Appendices
E.
 Question-and-Answer Sessions
F. Preparing for TV and Radio Communication 
G. MLA Documentation
H. CBE/CSE Documentation
I. IEEE Documentation

Notes
Acknowledgements
Index

Dan O'Hair

Dan O’Hair is dean of the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information. He is past presidential professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma and past president of the National Communication Association. He is coauthor or coeditor of eighteen communication texts and scholarly volumes and has published more than ninety research articles and chapters in dozens of communication, psychology, and health journals and books. He is a frequent presenter at national and international communication conferences, is on the editorial boards of various journals, and has served on numerous committees and task forces for regional and national communication associations.


Rob Stewart

Rob Stewart is the Senior Vice Provost and professor of communication studies at Texas Tech University. He is coauthor of A Speaker's Guidebook, and five editions of A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, and has published more than 30 articles and book chapters.


Hannah Rubenstein

Hannah Rubenstein is a writer, editor, and part-time college instructor who has used her academic training in communication (MA, Fairfield University) to guide her collaborations on A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, A Speaker's Guidebook,Public Speaking: Challenges and Choices, and other successful college texts. She heads her own communication firm, Hedgehog Productions, and teaches the basic public speaking course at Connecticut colleges.


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