Brief Table of Contents

Part 1: Owning Your Speech

Chapter 1: Is Public Speaking Relevant?

Chapter 2: How Can I Manage My Anxiety?

Chapter 3: How Important Is Ethics?

Part 2: Planning Your Speech

Chapter 4: How Do I Start?

Chapter 5: How Important Is the Audience?

Part 3: Preparing Your Speech

Chapter 6: How Do I Find and Select Materials to Support My Ideas?

Chapter 7: How Do I Organize and Outline My Speech?

Chapter 8: How Do I Create Introductions and Conclusions?

Part 4: Presenting Your Speech

Chapter 9: How Can I Best Use Language?

Chapter 10: How Do I Best Deliver My Speech?

Chapter 11: How Should I Use Visual Aids?

Part 5: Kinds of Public Speaking

Chapter 12: How Should I Speak to Inform?

Chapter 13: How Should I Speak to Persuade?

Chapter 14: How Should I Speak Differently on Special Occasions?

Chapter 15: How Should I Speak on the Job?