The Speaker's Handbook, 11E

The Speaker's Handbook, 11E

Eleventh edition

Spiral / Comb Bound (31 Jan 2015)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Helping you build your public speaking skills for a variety of contexts, THE SPEAKER'S HANDBOOK, 11e covers the entire process of preparing, organizing, developing, and delivering a speech-making it the ideal resource for beginning and experienced speakers alike. The handbook's comprehensive coverage emphasizes ethics, reasoning, audience analysis, and diversity throughout. Each chapter is designed to stand alone so you can easily refer only to the sections you need. Vivid graphics help illustrate key concepts like public speaking anxiety. Recent speeches from beginning speakers as well as public figures-including President Obama's commemorative speech on the death of Nelson Mandela-give you relevant speech models to analyze. In addition to valuable tips and advice, the handbook is packed with hands-on activities to give you plenty of practice and Checklists to help you review what you've learned.

Book information

ISBN: 9781285444611
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Imprint: Wadsworth
Pub date:
Edition: Eleventh edition
DEWEY: 808.51
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 528
Weight: 734g
Height: 227mm
Width: 184mm
Spine width: 29mm