Basic Public Speaking: The Roadmap to Confident Communications!

By Douglas A. Parker

Finally, a public speaking textbook that is written by a trained counselor and experienced teacher. As a concise learning and teaching tool, it speaks to students from all walks of life addressing the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738856193
• ISBN13: 9780738856193
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Laced with humor, tips, tricks and techniques

Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Douglas Parker's Basic Public Speaking continues to offer the reader with an informative, accessible, succinct, and practical "how to" manual for acquiring skills, expertise and confidence in addressing the public from small informal groups to large, auditorium filled, formal gatherings. The informative and "user friendly" text is laced with humor, tips, tricks and techniques that will improve and strengthen any public speaking performance no matter how inexperienced the reader. Indeed, their is much of value within the pages of Basic Public Speaking for even the more experienced public speaker -- especially when moving on to new and unfamiliar venues for public speaking including media events and the technologies of teleconferencing.