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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fast clear text about public speaking, March 4, 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: How to Write & Deliver Effctv 3rd ed (Arco's How to Series) (Paperback)
MacManus gives an excellent sketch of public speaking. She brings a novice to a place of comfort.
I use this book in my business communication course along with Standard Deviant's video Public Speaking. Between the book and the tape, the class feels at ease about their first business presentations.
The weakest area is her section on interviewing. It appears she has done very little interviewing. She's weak about how to ask questions, how to end the interview and the value of interrupting a rambling source.
The many strengths include a great MLA/APA reference section (but it is missing online source citations), organization, evaluation methods and check out the summaries at the end of each chapter.
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