Effective Speaking
Communicating in Speech
By Christopher Turk
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- ISBN: 978-0-419-13030-7
- Binding: Paperback
- Published by: Taylor and Francis
- Publication Date: 7th November 1985
- Pages: 288
- Illustrations: Illus
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About the Book
Effective Speaking provides the hard scientific information about audience psychology, text preparation, presentation methods, voice production, body language and persuasive advocacy which will help would-be speakers improve their performance. The emphasis throughout is on practical self-help, on methods which have been shown to work, with clear explanations of just why they are effective.
Table of Contents
Communicating in speech. The audience. Selecting, planning and arranging the material. Starting, carrying-on, and ending. Making notes. Coping with nerves: the credibility problem. Timing and bad timing. Intonation and variety. Non-verbal communication. Arranging the physical environment for a talk. Visual aids. Persuasive advocacy. Question time: leading a group discussion and answering questions. Conclusion. A specialist bibliography. Index.
