Effective Speaking: Communicating in Speech

Effective Speakingprovides 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.

Acknowledgements

ix

Communicating in speech

1

(12)

Who is this book for?

1

(1)

Learn to speak well

2

(3)

What needs to be done

5

(2)

Communication in theory

7

(2)

Speech came first

9

(2)

Notes to chapter one

11

(1)

Further reading

11

(2)

The audience

13

(30)

Think about the audience

13

(1)

Think about the context

14

(3)

How large an audience?

17

(3)

The structure of groups

20

(4)

Audience receptivity

24

(1)

Attention controlling

25

(5)

The relationship between the speaker and the group

30

(10)

Notes to chapter two

40

(1)

Further reading

41

(2)

Selecting, planning and arranging the material

43

(29)

Be prepared

43

(1)

Thoughtful selection

44

(5)

A coherent pattern

49

(8)

The structure of reasoning

57

(4)

In search of being well remembered

61

(7)

Preparation is half the battle

68

(1)

Notes to chapter three

69

(1)

Further reading

70

(2)

Starting, carrying-on, and ending

72

(13)

The opening

72

(2)

Getting attention

74

(3)

Signposting all the way

77

(2)

The longer speech

79

(2)

The closing stages

81

(1)

Notes to chapter four

82

(1)

Further reading

83

(2)

Making notes

85

(15)

Script or notes?

85

(6)

Notes are to help you

91

(5)

What about their notes?

96

(2)

Notes to chapter five

98

(2)

Coping with nerves: the credibility problem

100

(17)

A common complaint

100

(2)

Research on nervousness

102

(3)

Nervousness affects you

105

(2)

Nerves and the audience

107

(2)

Cures for nerves

109

(3)

The very nervous

112

(2)

Notes to chapter six

114

(1)

Further reading

115

(1)

Tension in performance

115

(2)

Timing and bad timing

117

(13)

A contract

117

(1)

Passionate absorption

118

(3)

The span of attention

121

(2)

Inner time is bad time

123

(2)

Good timing

125

(5)

Intonation and variety

130

(15)

Variety

130

(1)

Clear enunciation

131

(3)

Varieties of intonation

134

(9)

Notes to chapter eight

143

(1)

Further reading

143

(2)

Non-verbal communication

145

(22)

Communicating without words

145

(2)

Non-verbal signals are unconscious

147

(2)

What you appear to be saying

149

(1)

Dress signals

150

(2)

An eye for an eye

152

(3)

Legs and bodies

155

(9)

Notes to chapter nine

164

(1)

Further reading

165

(2)

Arranging the physical environment for a talk

167

(15)

Physical comfort

167

(2)

Proxemics

169

(1)

The embattled speaker

170

(1)

A hot presentation

171

(2)

Rows and rows of chairs

173

(5)

Practise with a friend

178

(1)

Notes to chapter ten

179

(3)

Visual aids

182

(28)

What is the use of visual aids?

182

(3)

The disadvantages

185

(1)

Ten points to watch

186

(9)

The many types of aids

195

(12)

Summing up the advice

207

(1)

Notes to chapter eleven

208

(2)

Persuasive advocacy

210

(26)

All talks are persuasive

210

(2)

Tactics

212

(6)

The motivating forces

218

(5)

The levers of persuasion

223

(4)

Advocacy

227

(2)

Dealing with objections

229

(2)

Ask for it

231

(2)

Notes to chapter twelve

233

(1)

Further reading

233

(3)

Question time: leading a group discussion and answering questions

236

(18)

Being a chairperson

236

(2)

Basic tactics

238

(4)

Stopping sub-committees

242

(2)

Controlling conflicts

244

(1)

The content of answers

245

(1)

The awkward customer

246

(2)

The embarrassed questioner

248

(2)

Conclusions

250

(1)

Notes to chapter thirteen

251

(1)

Further reading

252

(2)

Conclusion

254

(2)

Further reading

254

(2)

A specialist bibliography

256

(15)

Index

271

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