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Confidence in Public Speaking
Confidence in Public Speaking
Author: Paul Nelson
Balancing theory and research with plentiful real-world examples, Confidence in Public Speaking, Eighth Edition, offers a clear, straightforward guide to preparing, organizing, and delivering effective public speeches and also shows students how to reduce anxiety and analyze an audience. The book accompanies GPN Media's Speaking Wit...  more » series, available on videocassettes or as a telecourse.

Features:

* Employs an incremental "building-blocks" approach to developing communication skills

* Integrates new examples from recent student speeches

* Covers the ethics of communication in nearly every chapter

* Includes speeches by a wide diversity of speakers, including African Americans, Native Americans, old and young men and women, the visually challenged, and others

* Each chapter offers brief, boxed "Reality Checks" that are designed to show public speaking's relevance outside the classroom

* Stimulating graphics demonstrate concepts through drawings and models

* End-of-chapter narratives summarize or illustrate the content of the chapter

* Vocabulary, Application Exercises, and Application Assignments have been updated and offer practical applications

New to the Eighth Edition:

* Two new themed boxes have been added to each chapter: "Celebrating Diversity" boxes feature examples from diverse cultural groups, while "On the Web" boxes provide lists of informative websites

* Three chapters from the Sixth Edition, which were not included in the Seventh Edition, have been updated and restored in this new edition: "Speeches for Special Occasions," "Speech Criticism," and "Dynamics of Small Group Discussion"

* Most chapters include one or more relevant principles from the NCA Credo on Ethics

* The "Finding Information" chapter offers updated coverage on the use of Internet search engines

* The "Presentational Aids" chapter features use of PowerPoint software

* Additional questions have been added to the beginning of each chapter

* A completely revamped and updated Student Study Guide and Instructor's Manual/Testing Program are also available
ISBN-13: 9780073662855
ISBN-10: 0073662852
Edition: 6th
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Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College
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