Looseleaf for Speak Well

Liz O'Brien teaches students that to speak well is to speak responsibly, confidently, and authentically--to create well-researched and constructed speeches, and to converse, and connect with their audience. Through Speak Well's listener-centered approach to public speaking, one in which the speaker engages in a vibrant conversation with listeners rather than giving a static performance, students learn that their primary purpose as speakers is to communicate ideas. The result is reduced student anxiety about speech delivery, increased self-assurance, and more authentic, successful speeches.

In an easy-to-use handbook format, Speak Well guides students through the many choices that speakers must make when crafting and supporting a message, while a series of interactive speech preparation tools and an McGraw-Hill's proven adaptive learning system, LearnSmart, helps them master key course concepts, practice, build confidence, and achieve success in public speaking.

• Chapter 1: Public Speaking is an Act of Communication
• Chapter 2: Listen to the Speeches of Others
• Chapter 3: Create Confident Presentations
• Chapter 4: Commit to Responsible Communication: Ethical, Civil, and Credible Speaking

• Chapter 5: Analyze Your Audience and the Speaking Situation
• Chapter 6: Determine Your Speech Purpose, Topic, and Thesis
• Chapter 7: Incorporate Research
• Chapter 8: Support Your Ideas

• Chapter 9: Organize Your Ideas
• Chapter 10: Outline Your Speech
• Chapter 11: Create Introductions, Conclusions, and Transitions

• Chapter 12: Select and Incorporate Visual Support
• Chapter 13: Practice Your Presentation
• Chapter 14: Communicate with your Language, Voice, and Body

• Chapter 15: Speak to Inform
• Chapter 16: Speak to Persuade
• Chapter 17: Develop Your Arguments
• Chapter 18: Speak During Special Occasions and in Groups

• Sample Student Speeches
• Guide to Documentation Styles
• Evaluation Forms:
  • Speaker Evaluation Form
  • Speaker Self-Evaluation Form

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