The Challenge of Effective Speaking

Part One: Orientation. Introduction to public speaking. Part Two: Fundamental principles. Selecting your topic and refining your goal. Finding, recording and using information. Organizing speech material. Speech language. Practicing the delivery. Listening critically to speeches. Part Three: Informative speaking. Principles of informative speaking. Using visual aids. Demonstrating processes. Describing. Defining. Reporting. Part Four: Persuasive speaking. Principles of persuasive speaking. Reasoning with audiences. Motivating audiences. Critically evaluating arguments: refuting. Part Five: Adapting to other occasions and formats. Adapting to special occasions. Speaking in problem solving groups. Appendix. Checklists.