Effective speaking : communicating in speech / by Christopher Turk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turk, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public speaking.

Oral communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Chapman and Hall, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includeds bibliography and index.

ISBN:

1-135-92135-0

1-138-14185-2

1-280-07075-7

0-585-44795-0

9780203472903

OCLC:

252919809