Public Speaking for College & Career is an integrated program that helps students practice, build confidence, and achieve success in public speaking, both in the classroom and beyond. Connect Public Speaking provides students a wealth of resources to prepare and plan speeches, while LearnSmart–McGraw-Hill’s proven adaptive learning system–guides them toward mastery of key course concepts. Additionally, Connect’s highly flexible speech capture tool saves instructors valuable time in managing assignments and evaluating student speeches.Taking a practical, accessible, and non-intimidating approach to public speaking, Public Speaking for College & Career presents numerous stories, examples, activities, and concrete techniques to show students how to achieve clarity and confidence during the speeches they must give in college, in their careers, and in their communities.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Public Speaking

Chapter 2: Managing Nervousness

Chapter 3: Listening

Chapter 4: Reaching the Audience

Chapter 5: Selecting Topic, Purpose, and Central Idea

Chapter 6: Finding Information

Chapter 7: Evaluating Information and Avoiding Plagiarism

Chapter 8: Supporting Your Ideas

Chapter 9: Presentation Aids

Chapter 10: The Body of the Speech

Chapter 11: Introductions and Conclusions

Chapter 12: Outlining the Speech

Chapter 13: Wording the Speech

Chapter 14: Delivering the Speech

Chapter 15: Speaking to Inform

Chapter 16: Speaking to Persuade

Chapter 17: Persuasive Strategies

Chapter 18: Special Types of Speeches

Chapter 19: Speaking in Groups

ISBN-13: 978-0078036828