A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking

This best-selling brief introduction to public speaking offers practical coverage of every topic typically covered in a full-sized text, from invention, research and organization, practice and delivery, to the different speech types. Its concise, inexpensive format makes it perfect not only for the public speaking course, but also for any setting across the curriculum, on the job, or in the community.

This newly redesigned full-color edition offers even stronger coverage of the fundamentals of speechmaking, while also addressing the changing realities of public speaking in a digital world. It features fully updated chapters on online presentations and using presentation software, and a streamlined chapter on research in print and online. The fifth edition also includes new sample informative, persuasive, and special occasion speeches, along with a collection of speech videos in the book's online component, LaunchPad Solo.

Speech videos help students improve their speech techniques
New informative and persuasive speech videos (in LaunchPad Solo) accompanied by questions show how speakers can polish their organization, source citations, and delivery. These polished and professionally shot speech videos focus on interesting topics like freeganism and social media. There is one speech of introduction, two informative speeches, and two persuasive speeches, as well as "needs improvement" clips that help students recognize how to avoid common pitfalls in their own speeches. Full-text versions of one informative and one persuasive speech are in the book, with electronic transcripts and closed captioning online.

Comprehensive video collection containing more than 240 clips and full-length speeches, including professional speeches and model student speeches. "Needs improvement" clips highlight typical issues.

Even Better Coverage of the Fundamentals
The latest scholarship on listening. This fully revised chapter reflects new research on active listening, processing and remembering information, and minimizing distractions.

Communication ethics, updated with the foundations. This revised chapter clarifies complex ideas and helps students understand the basic ethical theories, in order to become more civic-minded and credible speakers.

Persuasive techniques, simplified. The persuasion chapter has been split into two chapters, to make it easier to understand: Chapter 23 is Principles of Persuasive Speaking and Chapter 24 is Constructing the Persuasive Speech. The content has been revised to help students gain a better understanding of ethical arguments, counterarguments, and other persuasive techniques.

Cutting-Edge Coverage Reflects the Changing World of Public Speaking
New Chapter 9, Locating Credible Print and Online Materials offers an approach to searching for supporting materials aligned with the way that students do their research today online.

Revised Chapters 19-21 focus on presentation software (Prezi, Keynote, PowerPoint) and show students how to create and deliver effective presentations, while avoiding technical glitches.

An updated chapter on online presentations provides students with more detailed techniques and a video of an online speech.

LaunchPad Solo
The book's online component features LearningCurve adaptive quzzing; all of the book's accompanying videos and video-based activities, all easily assignable and assessable using the new VideoTools; and tutorials for using presentation software (Prezi, Keynote, PowerPoint) effectively.