Introduction
Part One/Fundamentals of Effective Speaking
1Acquiring the Basic Skills
Take Heart from the Experience of Others
Keep Your Goal Before You
Predetermine Your Mind to Success
Seize Every Opportunity to practice
2 Developing Confidence
Get the Facts About Fear of Speaking in Public
Prepare in the Proper Way
Predetermine Your Mind to Success
Act Confident
3 Speaking Effectively the Quick and Easy Way
Speak About Something You Have Earned the Right to Talk About Through Experience or Study
B Sure You Are Excited About Your Subject
Be Eager to Share Your Talk with Your Listeners
Part Two/Speech, Speaker, and and Audience
4 Earning the Right to Talk
Limit Your Subject
Develop Reserve Power
Fill Your Talk with Ilustrations
and Examples
Use Concrete, Familiar Words That
Create Pictures
5 Vitalizing the Talk
Choose Subjects You Are Earnest About Relive the Feelings You Have About
Your Topic
Act in Earnest
6 Sharing the Talk with the Audience
Talk in Terms of Your Listeners' Interests
Give Honest, Sincere Appreciation
Identify Yourself with the Audience Make Your Audience o Partner in Your
Talk
Play Yourself Down
Part Three/The Purpose of Prepared and Impromptu
Talks
7 Making the Short Talk to Get Action
Give Your Example, an, Incident
from Your Life
State Your Point, What You Want the
Give the Reason or Benefit the Audience
May Expect
8 Making the Talk to Inform
Part Four/The Art of Communicating
Part Five/The Challenge of Effective Speaking