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Public Speaking for Success: Strategies for Diverse Audiences and Occasions

Bruce Bryski, Buffalo State College Timothy Brown, West Chester University

ISBN: 978-0-7380-3944-2
Net Price: $46.80

Public Speaking for Success: Strategies for Diverse Audiences and Occasions is a textbook that helps beginning and advanced speakers create, develop, organize, and deliver effective messages in public, group, and interpersonal settings. The textbook uses concrete examples and sound advice to instill confidence, direction, knowledge, and understanding for students learning how to make effective presentations.

The authors, Bruce Bryski and Timothy Brown have over twenty years of teaching experience as well as extensive business experience in the field of speech communication. Written in a sensible inviting style, this text will help you to inspire your students to become more effective public speakers.

Features

• informing students how to address the complexity of speaking in a culturally diverse society
• creating a readable student text that draws upon common experiences and practical advice to help students create effective presentations
• providing specific chapters on ceremonial speaking, group presentations, and interviewing to help students apply public speaking principles in these contexts
• including a specific chapter on public speaking and disabilities that addresses an often neglected but important area of public speaking
• providing a specific chapter on speech anxiety and offering practical strategies to help students manage their nervousness
• including an introductory chapter that gives an overview of communication and defines public speaking

Additional Support Resources

Instructor's manual and teaching resources containing the following are also available:

• Sample syllabi
• Chapter outlines
• Discussion questions
• Test questions
• Teaching exercises

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