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The Natural Speaker » (6th Edition)

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Authors: Randy Fujishin
ISBN-13: 9780205543021, ISBN-10: 0205543022
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Date Published: January 2008
Edition: 6th Edition

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Author Biography: Randy Fujishin

Book Synopsis

The Natural Speaker is a concise, practical, inexpensive, student-friendly guide to public speaking that explores the basic skills necessary to present a natural, effective, and rewarding speech to any audience.By providing a basic knowledge of speech construction, practice, and delivery, this book is designed to enhance and improve students' natural speaking strengths. Featuring a warm, simple, and humorous writing style, The Natural Speaker presents the fundamental concepts and skills required for effective speaking.

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Helps speakers enhance and improve their natural speaking strengths, and provides a basic knowledge of speech construction, practice, and delivery. Early chapters explore principles and skills of communication, and address selecting a topic, gathering material, and organizing any speech topic. Later chapters highlight physical components of speaker delivery, principles of sharing information with an audience, and career development. Material is presented in a thoughtful, interesting, and sometimes humorous manner. Fujishin is associated with West Valley College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents

Preface
1Communicating with Others: Your Most Important Skill1
2Giving Yourself Permission: Who Said You Could Talk?17
3Handling Your Stage Fright: Overcoming Fear25
4Speaking On Your Feet: Impromptu Speaking38
5Selecting Your Topic: Choosing Your Path47
6Researching Your Speech: What You Sow Is What You Reap60
7Organizing Your Speech: Keeping It Simple75
8Delivering Your Speech: Being Yourself93
9Informing Your Audience: Teaching Others114
10Persuading Your Audience: Changing Others133
11Becoming a Speaker: A Lifelong Journey151
Index160

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