Ispeak - Public Speaking for Contemporary Life 2010

Informationen zum Autor Paul E. Nelson was Director of the Honors College at the University of Missouri! Departmental Executive Officer at Iowa State University! Dean of the College of Communication at Ohio University! and Chair of the Political Science Department and Head of the Department of Communication at North Dakota State University. He has co-authored many textbooks with his spouse and colleague! Dr. Judy C. Pearson. Klappentext McGraw-Hill conducted extensive market research with over 4!000 students to gain insight into their studying and buying behavior. Students told us they wanted more portable texts with innovative visual appeal and content that is designed according to the way they learn. We also surveyed instructors! and they told us they wanted a way to engage their students without compromising on high quality content. Freedom of speech and public speaking are critical components of a healthy democracy. iSpeak promotes this declaration by using examples that reflect vital personal! social! and political themes that portray campus communities across the country. iSpeak consistently demonstrates that public communication is directly related to what people care about! what people want! and what people do. More current! more portable! more captivating! plus a rigorous and innovative research foundation adds up to: more learning. When you meet students where they are! you can take them where you want them to be. Zusammenfassung Freedom of speech and public speaking are critical components of a healthy democracy. This title promotes this declaration by using examples that reflect vital personal! social! and political themes that portray campus communities across the country. It demonstrates that public communication is directly related to what people care about. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: Preparing Your PresentationsChapter 1: Getting StartedChapter 2. Preparing Your First PresentationChapter 3. Selecting a Topic and PurposeChapter 4. Analyzing the Audience Part Two: Selecting and Arranging ContentChapter 5. Finding Information and Supporting Your IdeasChapter 6. Organizing and Outlining Your PresentationChapter 7. Delivering Speeches Chapter 8. Choosing Your WordsChapter 9. Visual Resources and Presentation Technology Part Three: Types of PresentationsChapter 10. Presenting to InformChapter 11. Presenting Persuasive MessagesChapter 12. Speaking on Special OccasionsAppendix A: Working and Presenting as a Group ...

Product details

• Authors: Paul Nelson, Paul E. Nelson, Nelson Paul, Judy Pearson, Judy C. Pearson, Pearson Judy, Scott Titsworth
• Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.01.2010
• EAN: 9780077309435
• ISBN: 978-0-07-730943-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Englisch, Testverfahren und Zertifikate für Englisch als Zweitsprache