Public speaking : an audience-centered approach / / Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe

• Autore: Beebe Steven A. <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2015]; ©2015
• Edizione: Ninth edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 pages) : illustrations (some color), map, photographs, tables
• Disciplina: 808.51
• Soggetto topico: Oral communication; Public speaking
• Persona (resp. second.): BeebeSusan J.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING -- What Is Public Speaking? -- Why Study Public Speaking? -- Empowerment -- Employment -- The Communication Process -- Communication as Action -- Communication as Interaction -- Communication as Transaction -- The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking -- The Golden Age of Public Speaking -- Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Age of Political Oratory -- The Technological Age of Public Speaking -- Improving Your Confidence as a Speaker -- Understand Your Nervousness -- How to Build Your Confidence -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Be One with the Audience -- STUDY GUIDE -- 2 DEVELOPING YOUR FIRST SPEECH -- Consider Your Audience -- Gather and Analyze Information about Your Audience -- Consider the Culturally Diverse Backgrounds of Your Audience -- Select and Narrow Your Topic -- Who Is the Audience? -- What Are My Interests, Talents, and Experiences? -- What Is the Occasion? -- Determine Your Purpose -- Determine Your General Purpose -- Determine Your Specific Purpose -- Develop Your Central Idea -- Generate the Main Ideas -- Does the Central Idea Have Logical Divisions? -- Can You Think of Several Reasons the Central Idea Is True? -- Can You Support the Central Idea witha Series of Steps? -- Gather Supporting Material -- Gather Interesting Supporting Material -- Gather Visual Supporting Material -- Organize Your Speech -- SAMPLE OUTLINE -- Rehearse Your Speech -- Deliver Your Speech -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Things to Consider While Preparing for Your First Speech -- SAMPLE SPEECH -- STUDY GUIDE -- 3 THE BOUNDARIES OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH -- Speaking Freely -- Free Speech and the U.S. Constitution -- Free Speech in the TwentiethCentury -- Free Speech in the Twenty-First Century -- Speaking Ethically -- Have a Clear, Responsible Goal. ; Use Sound Evidence and Reasoning -- Be Sensitive to and Tolerant of Differences -- Be Honest -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Be Ethical to Be Credible -- Don't Plagiarize -- Sample Oral Citat ion -- Speaking Credibly -- STUDY GUIDE -- 4 LISTENING AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS -- Overcoming Barriers to Effective Listening -- Information Overload -- Personal Concerns -- Outside Distractions -- Prejudice -- Differences between Speech Rate and Thought Rate -- How to Become a Better Listener -- Listen with Your Eyes as Well as Your Ears -- Listen Mindfully -- Listen Skillfully -- Listen Ethically -- Improving Listening and Critical Thinking Skills -- Separate Facts from Inferences -- Evaluate the Quality of Evidence -- Evaluate the Underlying Logic and Reasoning -- Analyzing and Evaluating Speeches -- Understanding Criteria for Evaluating Speeches -- Identifying and AnalyzingRhetorical Strategies -- Giving Feedback to Others -- Giving Feedbackto Yourself -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE A Good Listener Is a Good Speaker -- STUDY GUIDE -- 5 AUDIENCE ANALYSIS -- Gathering Information about Your Audience -- Analyzing Information about Your Audience -- Look for Audience Member Similarities -- Look for Audience Member Differences -- Establish Common Ground with Your Audience -- Adapting to Your Audience -- Analyzing Your Audience before You Speak -- Demographic Audience Analysis -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Audience Analysis for a Successful Speech -- Psychological Audience Analysis -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Consider Your Audience -- Situational Audience Analysis -- Adapting to Your Audience as You Speak -- Identifying Nonverbal Audience Cues -- Responding to Nonverbal Cues -- Strategies for Customizing Your Message to Your Audience -- Analyzing Your Audience after You Speak -- Nonverbal Responses. ; Verbal Responses -- Survey Responses -- Behavioral Responses -- STUDY GUIDE -- 6 AUDIENCE-CENTERED SPEECH BUILDING -- Select and Narrow Your Topic -- Guidelines for Selecting a Topic -- Strategies for Selecting a Topic -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE How to Deliver a Winning Speech -- Narrowing the Topic -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Select and Narrow Your Topic -- Determine Your Purpose -- General Purpose -- Specific Purpose -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Determine Your Purpose -- Develop Your Central Idea -- A Complete Declarative Sentence -- Direct, Specific Language -- A Single Idea -- An Audience-Centered Idea -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Develop Your Central Idea -- Generate and Preview Your Main Ideas -- Generating Your Main Ideas -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Generate Your Main Ideas -- Previewing Your Main Ideas -- Meanwhile, Back at the Computer . . . -- STUDY GUIDE -- 7 THE FRAMEWORK OF SPEECH:THE SUPPORTING MATERIALS -- Sources of Supporting Material -- Personal Knowledge and Experience -- The Internet -- OnlineDatabases -- Traditional Library Holdings -- Interviews -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Essential Tools for an Effective Speech -- Research Strategies -- Develop a Preliminary Bibliography -- Locate Resources -- Assess the Usefulness of Resources -- Take Notes -- Identify Possible Presentation Aids -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Gather Supporting Material -- Types of Supporting Material -- Illustrations -- Descriptions and Explanations -- Definitions -- Analogies -- Statistics -- Opinions -- The Best Supporting Material -- STUDY GUIDE -- 8 SPEECH OUTLINES AND INTEGRATION OF SUPPORTING MATERIALS -- Organizing Your Main Ideas -- Organizing Ideas Topically -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Organize Your Speech -- Ordering Ideas Chronologically. ; Arranging Ideas Spatially -- Organizing Ideas to Show Cause and Effect -- Organizing Ideasby Problem-Solution -- Acknowledging Cultural Differences in Organization -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Organize Your Speech -- Integrating Your Supporting Material -- Organizing Your Presentation for the Ears of Others:Signposting -- Previews -- Transitions -- Summaries -- Presentation Aids -- Outlining Your Speech -- Developing Your Preparation Outline -- Developing Your Speaking Notes -- SAMPLE PREPARATION OUTLINE -- STUDY GUIDE -- 9 BEGINNING AND CONCLUDING YOUR SPEECH -- Purposes of Introductions -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Begin with the Endin Mind -- Get the Audience's Attention -- Give the Audience a Reason to Listen -- Introduce the Subject -- Establish Your Credibility -- Preview Your Main Ideas -- Effective Introductions -- Illustrations or Anecdotes -- Startling Facts or Statistics -- Quotations -- Humor -- Questions -- References to Historical Events -- References to Recent Events -- Personal References -- References to the Occasion -- References to Preceding Speeches -- Purposes of Conclusions -- Summarize the Speech -- Provide Closure -- Effective Conclusions -- Methods Also Used for Introductions -- References to the Introduction -- Inspirational Appeals or Challenges -- STUDY GUIDE -- 10 EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE FOR DIVERSE LISTENERS -- Differentiating Oral and Written Language Styles -- Using Words Effectively -- Use Specific, Concrete Words -- Use Simple Words -- Use Words Correctly -- Use Words Concisely -- Adapting Your Language Style to Diverse Listeners -- Use Language That Your Audience Can Understand -- Use Respectful Language -- Use Unbiased Language -- Crafting Memorable Word Structures -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Your Style of Speech,Your Chosen Words -- Creating Figurative Images -- Creating Drama. ; Creating Cadence -- Analyzing an Example of Memorable Word Structure -- Using Memorable Word Structures Effectively -- STUDY GUIDE -- 11 STRATEGIES FOR THE FINAL DELIVERY -- The Power of Speech Delivery -- Listeners Expect Effective Delivery -- Listeners Make Emotional Connections with You through Delivery -- Listeners Believe What They See -- Methods of Delivery -- Manuscript Speaking -- Memorized Speaking -- Impromptu Speaking -- Extemporaneous Speaking -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Delivering Your Speech Effectively -- Characteristics of Effective Delivery -- Eye Contact -- Gestures -- Movement -- Posture -- Facial Expression -- Vocal Delivery -- Personal Appearance -- Audience Diversity and Delivery -- Rehearsing Your Speech: Some Final Tips -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Rehearse Your Speech -- Delivering Your Speech -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Deliver Your Speech -- Responding to Questions -- STUDY GUIDE -- 12 GUIDELINES ON PRESENTATION AIDS -- The Value of Presentation Aids -- Presentation Aids Enhance Understanding -- Presentation Aids Enhance Memory -- Presentation Aids Help Listeners Organize Ideas -- Presentation Aids Help You Gain and Maintain Attention -- Presentation Aids Help Illustrate a Sequence of Events or Procedures -- Types of Presentation Aids -- Three-Dimensional Presentation Aids -- Two-Dimensional Presentation Aids -- Computer-Generated Presentation Aids -- Tips for Using Computer-Generated Presentation Aids -- Audiovisual Aids -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Use of Visual Aids in Your Speech -- Guidelines for Developing Presentation Aids -- Make Them Easy to See -- Keep Them Simple -- Select the RightPresentation Aid -- Do Not Use Dangerous or Illegal Presentation Aids -- Guidelines for Using Presentation Aids -- Rehearse with Your Presentation Aids. ; Make Eye Contact with Your Audience, Not with Your Presentation Aids.
• Sommario/riassunto: An audience-centered approach to public speaking Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach brings theory and practice together. Its distinctive and popular approach emphasizes the importance of analyzing and considering the audience at every point in the speech making process. This model of public speaking is the foundation of the text, and it guides students through the step-by-step process of public speaking, focusing their attention on the dynamics of diverse audiences, and narrowing the gap between the classroom and the real world. &nbsp.
• Titolo autorizzato: Public speaking
• ISBN: 1-292-01910-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910153258903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Always learning.