iSpeak: Public Speaking for Contemporary Life

iSpeak is an integrated program that helps students practice, build confidence, and achieve success in public speaking. Connect Public Speaking provides students a wealth of resources to prepare and plan speeches, while LearnSmart — McGraw-Hill’s proven adaptive learning system — guides them toward mastery of key course concepts. Additionally, Connect’s highly flexible Speech Capture tool saves instructors valuable time in managing assignments and evaluating student speeches.

Part One

Preparing Your Presentations

1 Getting Started

2 Preparing Your First Presentation

3 Selecting a Topic and Purpose

4 Analyzing the Audience

Part Two

Selecting and Arranging Content

5 Finding Information and Supporting Your Ideas

6 Organizing and Outlining Your Presentation

7 Delivering Speeches

8 Choosing Your Words

9 Visual Resources and Presentation Technology

Part Three

Types of Presentations

10 Presenting to Inform

11 Presenting Persuasive Messages

12 Speaking on Special Occasions

Appendix: Working and Presenting as a Group

Glossary

References

Credits

Index