ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|12 pages

Communicating in speech

chapter 2|30 pages

The audience

chapter 4|13 pages

Starting, carrying-on, and ending

chapter 5|15 pages

Making notes

chapter 7|12 pages

Timing and bad timing

chapter 8|16 pages

Intonation and variety

chapter 9|22 pages

Non-verbal communication

chapter 11|29 pages

Visual aids

chapter 12|26 pages

Persuasive advocacy

chapter 14|2 pages

Conclusion