A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking [Spiral-bound]

Dan O'Hair (Author), Hannah Rubenstein (Author), Rob Stewart (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0312400780 | ISBN-13: 978-0312400781 | Publication Date: December 30, 2003

Based on the highly successful A Speaker's Guidebook, A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking offers all of the material typically covered in a full-sized text — from invention, research, and organization to practice and delivery — in a concise format perfect for any course across the curriculum or day-to-day setting.

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About the Author

DAN O'HAIR is dean of the University of Kentucky College of Communications and Information Studies. He is past Presidential Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma and past president of the National Communication Association.  He is co-author or co-editor of fifteen communication texts and scholarly volumes and has published more than eighty research articles and chapters in dozens of communication, psychology and health journals and books.  He is a frequent presenter at national and international communication conferences, is on the editorial boards of various journals and has served on numerous committees and task forces for regional and national communication associations.

HANNAH RUBENSTEIN is a writer and editor who has used her academic training in communication (M.A., Fairfield University) to guide her collaborations on A Speaker's Guidebook (2007), Public Speaking: Challenges and Choices (1999) and other successful college texts. She heads her own communication firm, Hedgehog Productions.

ROB STEWART is an associate dean of arts and sciences and professor of communication studies at Texas Tech University. He is coauthor of A Speaker's Guidebook (2007), Public Speaking: Challenges and Choices (1999) and has also published over 30 articles and book chapters.

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 288 pages
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's (December 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312400780
• ISBN-13: 978-0312400781
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential book, March 26, 2008

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Book Worm "Book Worm" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking (Spiral-bound)

The word is that people fear public speaking more than they fear dying, so this book is for any of those people. These tips help get anyone ready to not only get over their fear of speaking, but to command audiences. There are excellent tips for giving a presentation and using PowerPoint. Being able to master these two can give anyone a one-two knock out punch for public speaking.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pocket full of Help..., February 12, 2007

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Cheryl S. Holcomb "Geryl_1" (Kentucky) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking (Spiral-bound)

This book was very helpful to use when preparing speeches for an oral communications class. The chapters were organzied effectively and it had everything you need to know about organization and presentation.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All new as it say it is., September 7, 2009

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S. Thach - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking (Spiral-bound)

It's a really good book for those who want to improve their speaking skills and over come it's fears.