"What I like about A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking is that it is well-grounded and well-informed but accessible, and that it's oriented more towards use as a guide to activity than to study of a discipline."

--Walter Beale
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Submitted By Publisher, July, 2004

Teaches the skills of effective speaking in a brief format. A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking offers clear concise coverage of all of the skills typically covered in a speech text. It includes the topics students need to give polished speeches including: managing speech anxiety; listening; speaking ethically; analyzing the audience; selecting a topic and purpose; developing and locating supporting material; organizing and outlining; using effective language; creating presentation aids; improving delivery; and giving informative, persuasive, special occasion, and professional presentations.

Examples drawn from a variety of speech situations and disciplines help students apply their speaking skills wherever they are needed. The rich diversity of examples gives students the models they need to build their own speeches.

Clear guidance in speaking across the curriculum. Chapters 26�30 provide guidelines for creating the kinds of presentations students are likely to deliver in other college courses, from the social sciences and humanities to education, science, and engineering.

A useful reference designed to help students focus on key concepts. Distinctive features in A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking help students easily navigate the text and identify the most important concepts: informative charts and tables, a clean design, and a clear writing style signpost key ideas and make the text's content especially accessible.

Summary checklists encourage effective preparation. These useful tools help students focus on the key skills they need to learn and the decisions they will need to make throughout the speechmaking process. Precise, concise, and located in every chapter, these checklists offer concrete guidance at every step, from invention, research, and organization, through practice and delivery.

Quick Tip boxes help students hone their skills. Quick Tip boxes throughout the text point out useful reminders and guidelines concerning specific speech skills. Examples include preparing early to reduce speech anxiety, finding the best search engines to conduct Internet research, using PowerPoint animations to capture audience interest, and previsualizing the speech delivery for improved performance.

Effective help for non-native speakers. Appendix A gives ESL students help with their biggest troublespots. Topics include practice with difficult words, choosing words that are easy to pronounce, and using emphasis from your native language.

PART I. GETTING STARTED

1. Becoming a Public Speaker
2. Ethical Public Speaking
3. Listeners and Speakers
4. Types of Speeches and Presentations
5. From A to Z: Overview of a Speech
6. Overcoming Speech Anxiety

PART II. DEVELOPMENT

7. Analyzing the Audience
8. Selecting a Topic and Purpose
9. Developing Supporting Material
10. Locating Supporting Material
11. Doing Effective Internet Research

PART III. ORGANIZATION

12. Organizing the Speech Body
13. Using Outline Formats
14. Selecting an Organizational Pattern

PART IV. STARTING, FINISHING, AND STYLING

15. Developing the Introduction and Conclusion
16. Styling the Speech

PART V. DELIVERY

17. Choosin Body g a Method of Delivery
18. Controlling the Voice
19. Using the

PART VI. PRESENTATION AIDS

20. Types of Presentation Aids
21. Designing Presentation Aids
22. Using PowerPoint

PART VII. TYPES OF SPEECHES

23. Informative Speeches
24. Persuasive Speeches
25. Special Occasion Speeches

PART VIII. THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND

26. Typical Classroom Presentation Formats
27. Technical Courses
28. Social Science Courses
29. Arts and Humanities Courses
30. Education Courses
31. Business and Professional Settings
32. Mediated Environments

APPENDICES

Tips for Non-native Speakers of English
Citation Guidelines
Glossary