With a commitment to cultural sensitivity and scholarship in the discipline, Principles and Types of Public Speaking combines a focus on contemporary research with practical skills and advice on how to communicate in public settings. The text focuses on culture and community building, with a goal of helping the reader understand how they can adapt to cultural differences and what role communication plays in creating social cohesion, whether speaking in informational, persuasive, ceremonial or business-oriented settings. By focusing on both speechmaking in society and presentations in the learning environment, this book helps the reader see the relationship between what they are learning and how they can use this knowledge in their lives.
Table of Contents:
I. PUBLIC SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL WORLD
1. Public Speaking in a Mediated Society
2. Setting the Scene for Community Building: Ethical Communication in a Diverse Culture
3. Getting Started: Basic Tips for Speech Preparation and Delivery
4. Public Speaking and Critical Listening
II. PREPARATION
5. Public Speaking in a Culturally Diverse Society: To Whom are you Speaking?
6. Developing Central Ideas and Claims: Finding and Using Evidence
7. Organizing Ideas: Relational Language, Internal Organization Patterns, and the Motivated Sequence
8. Maintaining Audience Attention and Involvement
9. Developing the Speech Outline
III. CHANNELS
10. Using Language to Communicate
11. Using Visual Materials in Speeches
12. Using Your Voice and Body to Communicate
IV. TYPES
13. Speeches to Inform
14, Speeches to Persuade and Actuate
15. Argument and Critical Thinking
16. Performing Culture in Building Communities: Speaking on Special Occasions
