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You're on! : 101 tips to improve your public speaking skills / Ruth Stotter.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Stotter, Ruth, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Public speaking.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (129 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
First edition.
Other Title:
You're on! : one hundred one tips to improve your public speaking skills
Place of Publication:
Marion, Michigan : Parkhurst Brothers Publishers, 2016.
Summary:
A useful guide for pastors, group leaders, coaches, & storytellers, Ruth Stotter's little guide will boost your confidence if you are new to public speaking, and it will remind experienced speakers of the basics that insure success in front of large audiences and small. The author's experience as a college instructor and as a professional.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Chapter 1. How to Begin
Chapter 2. Writing Your First Draft
Chapter 3. Creating A Speaker's File
Chapter 4. Incorporating Stories and Anecdotes into Your Talk
Chapter 5. Revising Your First Draft
Chapter 6. The First Three Minutes
Chapter 7. How To End Your Talk
Chapter 8. Rehearsing
Chapter 9. Using Repetition
Chapter 10. Humor
Chapter 11. Suspense
Chapter 12. Pause
Chapter 13. Your Voice
Chapter 14. Sound Effects
Chapter 15. Facial Expressions and Body Language
Chapter 16. Special Vocal Techniques
Chapter 17. Using Props
Chapter 18. Getting Feedback-Critiqued
Chapter 19. If You Want Audience Participation
Chapter 20. If You Are Being Introduced
Chapter 21. Handouts
Chapter 22. Home Preparations
Chapter 23. Stage Fright
Chapter 24. Setting Up Your Performance Space
Chapter 25. Using a Microphone
Chapter 26. Warm-Ups
Chapter 27. You're On! Delivering Your Speech or Story
Chapter 28. Things to Avoid
Chapter 29. After Your Speech or Story
Chapter 30. Audience Questions
Chapter 31. Contracts
Chapter 32. Keynoting
Chapter 33. Sources for Mini-Stories
Recommended Reading.
Notes:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 31, 2016).
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-62491-083-1
OCLC:
957127971

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