Speaking With a Purpose [Paperback]

Arthur Koch (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0205273017 | ISBN-13: 978-0205273010 | Publication Date: August 28, 1997 | Edition: 4th

Speaking with a Purpose provides the "nuts and bolts" students need to become effective public speakers. Intentionally brief, this text allows students to concentrate on the preparation, practice, and presentation of their speeches without getting bogged down by theoretical discussions. The focus on purpose and audience response, which incorporates consideration of cultural diversity, helps students identify ways to make their speeches more effective. Highly popular, this text is the best of the short books available on the subject.

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Key Benefit: Effective speechmaking is vital to anyone who needs to get up in front of an audience. From businesspeople, lawyers, politicians, and clergy to committee chairs, teachers, concerned citizens, and storytellers, competent public speaking is vital to the speaker's credibility. Key Topic: This brief, step-by-step approach to the speechmaking process allows readers to concentrate on the preparation, practice, and presentation without getting bogged down in theoretical discussion. Topics include: getting started, audience analysis, supporting ideas and material, preparation, delivery, and more. Market: Ideal for anyone who has to prepare a speech.

Product Details

• Paperback: 126 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 4th edition (August 28, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205273017
• ISBN-13: 978-0205273010
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,371,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For any type of public speaking, January 3, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Speaking With a Purpose (Paperback)

I agree with the book description above that this is the best of the short books available on the subject.

It's very thorough for a book this size, and would be good for anyone doing any kind of public speaking, whether in church, in business, in college organizations, before the press, in politics and government, or even in high school debate teams or speech classes.

There are chapters on Audience Analysis; Supporting Your Ideas; Stage Fright; Impromptu Speeches; Nonverbal Communication; Persuasion; Deductive and Inductive Reasoning, and even one on The Job Interview! There is a lot here in one neat little package!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worked for me!, February 25, 2006

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Joe & D "Lovers of all that is MEDIA" (IL, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speaking with a Purpose, Sixth Edition (Paperback)

I used this book in class and I was totally satisfied with how well I did. I think it covered the material in a really understandable way. If your class is using this book - be happy!

4.0 out of 5 stars Speaking with a Purpose, February 9, 2011

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Rachael Barzey "Lovely Me" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speaking with a Purpose (8th Edition) (Paperback)

The author was really thorough in presentation of how to really get oneself to the next level of speaking in public with confidence. really enjoyed using this tool for my oral communcation class.