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The challenge of effective speaking

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Wadsworth's best selling Public Speaking text, the Verderbers' CHALLENGE OF EFFECTIVE SPEAKING, features a skills-oriented, mainstream approach that has effectively led hundreds of thousands of students through the challenges they face as they develop and deliver speeches. The speech makin...

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Main Authors: Verderber, Rudolph F. (Author), Verderber, Kathleen S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Belmont, CA Thomson/Wadsworth ©2003
Edition:Twelfth edition
Subjects:
Public speaking
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to public speaking
  • Overcoming nervousness through effective speech planning
  • Effective listening
  • Determining a speech goal that meets audience needs
  • Adapting to audiences
  • Researching information for your speech
  • Organizing and outlining the speech body
  • Organizing the introduction and the conclusion and completing the outline
  • Creating and using visual aids
  • Practicing speech wording
  • Practicing delivery
  • Principles and practices of informative speaking
  • Principles of persuasive speaking
  • Practicing persuasive speaking skills
  • Adapting to special occasions
  • Increasing the effectiveness of problem-solving discussions

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