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Inviting Transformation: Presentational Speaking for a Changing World (2nd Edition) 2nd Edition

by Sonja K. Foss (Author), Karen A. Foss (Author)
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Five core assumptions characterize invitational rhetoric: (1) the purpose of communicating is to gain understanding; (2) the speaker and the audience are equal; (3) different perspectives constitute valuable resources; (4) change happens when people choose to change themselves; and (5) all participants are willing to be changed by the interaction. The goals of invitational rhetoric are to clarify ideas and to create an environment in which growth and change can occur for both audience and speaker. Speakers can facilitate the exchange of ideas by creating conditions of freedom, safety, value, and openness. Freedom is at the heart of an invitation to transformation--the freedom to choose to change; safety generates confidence for all participants to express ideas; value recognizes and appreciates the intrinsic worth of all participants; and openness is a willingness to explore diverse perspectives. This ideal environment increases the possibilities of achieving mutual understanding. The authors designed the book as a concise guide for becoming adept and creative presentational speakers. Sample presentations reflect the diversity of interactional goals, focus, frames, organizational patterns, forms of elaboration, and connections discussed in the text.

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    1577662520
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1577662525
  3. Edition
    2nd
  4. Publisher
    Waveland Press
  5. Publication date
    July 1, 2002
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
  8. Print length
    208 pages
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Title of related interest from Waveland Press: Smith Tague Busler, Icebreaker: A Manual for Public Speaking, Sixth Edition (ISBN 9781577666158).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Waveland Press; 2nd edition (July 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1577662520
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1577662525
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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    Regents’ Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico, Karen Foss has been on the forefront of scholarship that incorporates and legitimizes marginalized voices in the communication discipline. As an early feminist scholar, she examined women’s forms of expression and how those differ from and expand what counts as important communication. She is also known for her extensive work on Harvey Milk, the first gay supervisor in San Francisco. In integrating diverse voices into communication, her work invites new understandings of communication and social change and expands the toolbox of options for communicators. Karen holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Iowa and an MA from the University of Oregon. She and her husband live in Albuquerque.

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sdarash
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Anita Raquel
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent content
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2015
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Excellent content, but a bit dry and academic in writing style. I will definitely implement some of the knowledge I gained, but it was a chore getting through it. There really is gold between these covers, but it's hard work mining it. If I were to speak as turgidly as the writing in the book, I don't think most audiences would return, which would be a real shame. This is probably due to my own bias and preferences, but it will probably also affect other readers. This is the ADHD era, and it's an issue that must be dealt with. It might do better as an audio book. I had to force myself to finish it, even though I knew it was valuable material.
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Henry Porter
1.0 out of 5 stars Unbridled Silliness, Not Apt For Adults
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2007
This book is rubbish. It begins with the very old (and very absurd) argument that words ARE reality (as differentiated from the idea that words DESCRIBE reality); and very few contemporary students will recall how Dr. Johnson, when confronted with this absurdity, became so angered that he said "I refute it thus!" and kicked a rock so badly that he hurt his foot. Anyone forced to read this tripe -- as too many students are -- will sooner or later envy Johnson's ability to dismiss this blather with ONLY a hurt foot. The book allows for no other alternatives...it several times intimates or directly states that an individual's truth is unassailable or inviolate, without regard to whether that "truth" is delusional, provably false, or a complete crock. This is a splendid device for making everybody feel good, but sadly inadequate and inappropriate for the needs of those wanting to understand and become proficient at rhetoric and/or public speaking. It is a thinly disguised effort to bring the world into compliance with the somewhat ding-bat idea that thought, debate, and human intercourse can all be safely set aside in the name of making sure that even the idiots among us feel comfortable. Nothing...I say again, NOTHING...in this book provides guidance or instruction in the skills necessary for effective public speaking, or for the analysis of good/bad public speaking, or, really, how to speak in public outside of the nah-nah nu-nu feel-good blather that one might have hoped would by now have left the American scene. The idea, held by some, that this cloud-coo-coo-land type of thinking will contribute to the intellectual development of students is one of the most astounding examples of how far off the track is our educational system. If you want to play patty-cakes with your brain, buy this book. If you want something serious or effective, look somewhere else: this book is for weak people who want to feel good about themselves without doing the work necessary to change themselves or their worlds.
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Dr. George
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Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2009
In my experience, the worst public speaking textbook and the best are not all that different. Foss and Foss offer a genuinely fresh approach. After teaching public speaking at the college level for more than ten years, this book changed the way I teach. I have made use of this text in basic public speaking, advanced public speaking, and speech writing classes. If not for every public speaking class, the book is at least required reading for teachers of public speaking.
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