Barbara B. (mrsbmusic) reviewed The Articulate Person: A Guide to Everyday Public Speaking on + 110 more book reviews
What do you say when...you're asked to "say a few words"?...you deliver a classroom report?...you have to answer an attack on your favorite ideas?...you want to convince a group of your friends to vote?...you give a demonstration at the YWCA?...you want student governent to fund a careers program?...your boss wants you to present a sales report?...you explain registration procedures to the incoming freshmen?...you introduce the main speaker at Honors Day convocation?
The Articulate Person calls for articulate public speakers: those who can present appropriate, relevant, and clear ideas to their listeners in a direct, open, and convincing manner. It assumes that effective public speaking produces significant changes in audiences and therefore is an important social force. It argues that success in public speaking is achieved through the development of specific skills together with an awareness of the cultural expectations which surround various speaking occasions.
The Articulate Person calls for articulate public speakers: those who can present appropriate, relevant, and clear ideas to their listeners in a direct, open, and convincing manner. It assumes that effective public speaking produces significant changes in audiences and therefore is an important social force. It argues that success in public speaking is achieved through the development of specific skills together with an awareness of the cultural expectations which surround various speaking occasions.
