One of the most crucial and difficult aspects of learning to speak in public is developing the capacity for clear thinking. Usually the fear of making presentations comes about as a result of speakers not really being sure of what they want to say. This book places a great deal of emphasis on helping readers to think through an issue and to organize their ideas so that the conclusions they reach are sound, well supported and logical. Also, a new feature of this edition is the chapter on visual aids, including a description of the latest high tech tools as well as instruction on how to use the more common equipment such as overhead and slide projectors. In the process, the author describes how visual aids can benefit the speaker as well as the audience. Also available are an instructor's manual (0-07-027000-7); and a computerized testbank in an IBM PC 5.25" (0-07-833730-5) and Macintosh 3.5" (0-07-833731-3) version.
John (Jack) Hasling is the author of a best selling public speaking textbook, The Audience, the Message, the Speaker. He is a retired speech teacher from Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California, and spends his time writing novels, verses, and children's stories. His most recent volume of light verse. I've Thought Every Thought I Can Think (Outskirts Press, 2010) is a sequel to his earlier book, Footprints On My Tongue. His novels include Hillview, which addresses the social issues of the 1960s and Welcome to the Dunes--a murder mystery at a writers conference. His story book, The Little Rock, has been praised by adults as well as children. He makes the rounds of 3rd and 4th classes telling his stories to kids and talking to parents about the importance of reading aloud to their children. He is a former broadcaster and used to tell stories to kids on an afternoon radio program.
