Public Speaking: Essentials for Excellence

Author(s): Shawn Wahl, LeAnn Brazeal, Mark Butland

By providing students theory and practical skills, Public Speaking: Essentials for Excellence prepares students to become effective public speakers in various speaking situations they may encounter in their lives (business presentations, tributes, eulogies, commencement addresses, small group, and m...

Persuasion: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice

Author(s): Ann Bainbridge Frymier

Students want to learn how to persuade parents, teachers, and classmates. Teachers often view a skills approach as too limiting and focus on theories of persuasion. Persuasion: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice features an unprecedented fusion of the persuasion skills that students seek...

Public Speaking in a Diverse Society

Author(s): Jennifer H Waldeck, Patricia Kearney, Timothy G. Plax

For even the most successful business executives, political leaders, and entertainers, the process of giving a speech can be a frightening and humbling experience.Based on the author’s experience teaching thousands of individuals on how to prepare and deliver a speech, Public Speaking in a Diverse S...

Speaking for Life

Author(s): Norman Earls

Contemporary American Speeches

Author(s): Ferald J Bryan, Richard L Johannesen, Ron Allen, Wilmer A Linkugel

New Eleventh Edition Now Available! Set to be released in a new eleventh edition, Contemporary American Speeches serves as a core textbook in courses such as Contemporary Public Address, Rhetorical criticism, and Contemporary Speakers and Speeches. The publication integrates 27 speeches by well-k...

Public Speaking: Your Pathway To Success

Author(s): Fermin Irigoyen

Public speaking is a critical skill that will vitalize one's personal success in the workplace, and in their respective community. A theme that is emphasized throughout Public Speaking: Your Pathway to Success is that public speaking is an audience-centered activity. A well-written and delivered pub...

A Guidebook to Presentation Speaking: Prepared for Business, Professional, Technical, and Trade Learners

Author(s): Janet McKenney

A Guidebook to Presentation Speaking, 7th edition, has been significantly expanded to follow the template of the Five Canon approach. Presentation speaking has been chosen as the title because presentations are used more frequently than public speaking. Presentation speaking includes situations wher...

Be Heard: Public Speaking for College and Career

Author(s): Niaz Khan

New Second Edition Now Available! In addition to explaining straightforwardly the nuances of creating and delivering noteworthy speeches, the new second edition of Be Heard: Public Speaking for College and Career takes it to the next level—describing the procedures in a more up-to-date manner for...

Street-Smart Persuasion: A Speaker's Guide To Socratic Design

Author(s): Vicki Goodfellow Duke

Speakers today need to be street-smart and savvy. Contemporary culture presents challenges to traditional notions of persuasion and invites us to take a fresh look at the tools necessary to exert influence in the twenty-first century. Street-Smart Persuasion: A Speaker's Guide To Socratic Design pro...

Gab Lab: The Playbook of Public Speaking Prowess Through Everyday Conversation

Author(s): Vicki Goodfellow Duke

In GAB LAB: The playbook of public speaking prowess through everyday conversation, you’ll learn cognitive science based design, including visual Message-Mapping and the 3 Pentagons, neuroscience’s secret to gaining attention, as well as cutting edge strategies like The Magic 10, and pattern interrup...