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| Introduction | p. xv |
| (Principles) | |
| A Professional Approach | p. 1 |
| Myth of rhetoric | |
| Social science | |
| Personal effectiveness | |
| Personal strengths | |
| Personal ethics | |
| Personal speech cycle decisions | |
| Live Speaking Situations | p. 5 |
| Myth of attention factors | |
| Attention | |
| Perception | |
| Language | |
| Memory | |
| Speech format | |
| Audience Decision Making | p. 11 |
| Myth of need-motivation | |
| Decision making stages | |
| Psychological continuum | |
| Decision cycle stages | |
| Preparation and Delivery Styles | p. 15 |
| Myth of preparation uniformity | |
| Novice mistakes | |
| Thinking styles | |
| Personal strategies | |
| (Decisions) | |
| Getting Subjects | p. 19 |
| Personal effectiveness decisions | |
| Myth of demographic analysis | |
| When asked to give a speech, what do I need to know? | |
| How will I know when I have enough content? | |
| Which of the four speech components should I select first? | |
| What's most important in the speaker-audience relationship? | |
| Whose interests come first in the relationship? | |
| How do I determine audience interests? | |
| How do I determine my interests? | |
| How is the speech purpose related to content? | |
| Which comes first, subject or purpose? | |
| What's the best way to do research? | |
| Organizing Plans | p. 29 |
| Personal effectiveness decisions | |
| Myth of the logical outline | |
| What's the purpose of organization? | |
| How is content related to structure? | |
| What are the different ways that ideas can relate to each other? | |
| Why make an outline? | |
| What's the idea-imagery outline? | |
| What's the speech format? | |
| What's the purpose of the introduction? | |
| What's the purpose of the preview? | |
| What's in the message of the speech? | |
| How many ideas should be in a speech? | |
| What's the purpose of the review? | |
| What's the purpose of the conclusion? | |
| What's a content plan? | |
| What's a language plan? | |
| What's a delivery plan? | |
| What's an impromptu speech? | |
| Aiding Memory | p. 43 |
| Personal effectiveness decisions | |
| Myth of rote rehearsal | |
| How do you combine ideas with imagery in a context? | |
| What's the best way to view a speech for purposes of memory? | |
| What types of memory aid can I use? | |
| Why should I use a language rehearsal? | |
| What's the best way to rehearse language? | |
| Why should I rehearse delivery? | |
| What's the best way to rehearse delivery? | |
| Lowering Stress | p. 49 |
| Personal effectiveness decisions | |
| Myth of stage-fright | |
| What can I expect? | |
| What's the nature of stress? | |
| How do I prepare mentally? | |
| How do I prepare emotionally? | |
| How do I prepare physically? | |
| Why do I forget things when I stand up to speak? | |
| Speaking | p. 55 |
| Personal effectiveness decisions | |
| Myth of passive delivery | |
| How can I reduce stress immediately prior to speaking? | |
| Should I imagine the audience in an embarrasing situation? | |
| Is there anything I can do during delivery to relieve stress? | |
| How do I use delivery notes? | |
| Does the speech purpose affect my delivery? | |
| Do I really need to use gestures? | |
| How do I improve my delivery? | |
| I don't notice much audience feedback, why is that? | |
| How can I learn to look at the audience? | |
| How do I adapt to an audience? | |
| What kind of adaptation can I make? | |
| How do I evaluate myself after the speech? | |
| What kind of speech assessment do I need from my audience? | |
| (Reference) | |
| A Professional Approach | p. 65 |
| Myth of rhetoric | |
| Social science | |
| Personal effectiveness | |
| Personal strengths | |
| Personal ethics | |
| Personal speech cycle decisions | |
| Live Speaking Situations | p. 71 |
| Myth of attention factors | |
| Attention | |
| Perception | |
| Language | |
| Memory | |
| Speech format | |
| Audience Decision Making | p. 79 |
| Myth of need-motivation | |
| Decision making stages | |
| Psychological continuum | |
| Forms and functions | |
| Preparation and Delivery Styles | p. 91 |
| Myth of preparation uniformity | |
| Novice mistakes | |
| Thinking styles | |
| Personal effectiveness decisions | |
| Getting Subjects | p. 99 |
| Personal effectiveness decisions | |
| Myth of demographic analysis | |
| Audience image | |
| Four speech components | |
| Speaker-audience relationship | |
| Resource search | |
| Organizing Plans | p. 111 |
| Personal effectiveness decisions | |
| Myth of the logical outline | |
| Content plan | |
| Awareness speech | |
| Information speech | |
| Argument speech | |
| Action speech | |
| Speech purpose adaptation | |
| Idea-imagery outline | |
| Speech format plan | |
| Language plan | |
| Delivery plan | |
| Impromptu speech | |
| Aiding Memory | p. 143 |
| Personal effectiveness decisions | |
| Myth of rote rehearsal | |
| Delivery notes | |
| Visual aid(s) | |
| Mental pictures content rehearsal | |
| Language rehearsal | |
| Delivery rehearsal | |
| Lowering Stress | p. 153 |
| Personal effectiveness decisions | |
| Myth of stage-fright | |
| Speech stress | |
| Individual differences | |
| Mental preparation | |
| Emotional preparation | |
| Physical preparation | |
| Speaking | p. 169 |
| Personal effectiveness decisions | |
| Myth of passive delivery | |
| Coping | |
| Audience adaptation | |
| Requisite variety | |
| Audience involvement | |
| Speaking | |
| Evaluating | |
| Endnotes | p. 183 |
| Directory of Professional Speech Coaches | p. 193 |
| Toastmasters International | p. 201 |
| Word Index | p. 203 |
| Name Index | p. 205 |
| Speech Progress Chart | p. 207 |
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Powerful Public Speaking: How to Capitolize on Your Personal Style Avoid the 9 Myths
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