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A Speaker's Guidebook

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O'Hair, Rubenstein, and Stewart’s acclaimed guide is the market leading handbook of its kind, offering the content and resources students need to overcome the fundamental challenges of public speaking. Its tabbed, spiral-binding format makes it easy to find the trusted speech advice on a full ran...

O'Hair, Rubenstein, and Stewart’s acclaimed guide is the market leading handbook of its kind, offering the content and resources students need to overcome the fundamental challenges of public speaking. Its tabbed, spiral-binding format makes it easy to find the trusted speech advice on a full range of topics and situations.

The updated new edition addresses the most pressing needs of today's students—from presenting online to diversity and inclusion—making it the most complete speech handbook available. With new research, an entire chapter dedicated to online presentations, and new student speech videos, it provides the best support for navigating the accelerated shift to digital communication. In addition, the authors partnered with two expert reviewers on linguistic diversity, creating a more inclusive text where culture is an asset in the teaching, learning, and practice of communication.

A robust and powerful digital package, LaunchPad for A Speaker’s Guidebook supports instructors and students with the video assessment program powered by GoReact, LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, video speech clips and full length speeches, and more.

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A Speaker's Guidebook by Dan O'Hair; Rob Stewart; Hannah Rubenstein - Eighth Edition, 2022 from Macmillan Student Store

   

O'Hair, Rubenstein, and Stewart’s acclaimed guide is the market leading handbook of its kind, offering the content and resources students need to overcome the fundamental challenges of public speaking. Its tabbed, spiral-binding format makes it easy to find the trusted speech advice on a full range of topics and situations.

The updated new edition addresses the most pressing needs of today's students—from presenting online to diversity and inclusion—making it the most complete speech handbook available. With new research, an entire chapter dedicated to online presentations, and new student speech videos, it provides the best support for navigating the accelerated shift to digital communication. In addition, the authors partnered with two expert reviewers on linguistic diversity, creating a more inclusive text where culture is an asset in the teaching, learning, and practice of communication.

A robust and powerful digital package, LaunchPad for A Speaker’s Guidebook supports instructors and students with the video assessment program powered by GoReact, LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, video speech clips and full length speeches, and more.

Features

Helps students quickly find what they need, when they need it in print and online. The print book includes a spiral binding that allows the book to flip open easily and lie flat; 12 tabbed dividers provide an overview of each section. LaunchPad organizes each chapter by modules and allows students to easily access videos, adaptive learning tools, and other resources. Instructors can quickly assign LaunchPad modules and track student results in a gradebook.

An entire chapter on Preparing Online Presentations (Chapter 28) provides students with robust support on the kind of speaking they are increasingly doing the most of: speaking in mediated, online contexts.

Thorough coverage of organizing, outlining, and research — the basic skills of speechmaking that students often struggle with. Cutting-edge content gives students the guidelines they need to critically evaluate print and online sources, effectively and ethically use statistics, and conduct smart Internet searches.

Tools students can use immediately in their own speeches. With a variety of examples, annotated samples, and more, students see specific speech concepts in action.

Strategies for speech making outside the public speaking classroom. Demonstrates to students how to use these skills in other environments with precise guidelines on preparing specialized oral presentations throughout their college career. Specific subjects covered range from math and science to education and allied health. Students also learn how to use their skills professionally with strategies for speaking online, in groups, and more.

LaunchPad for A Speaker’s Guidebook helps students learn, study, and apply public speaking concepts.

LaunchPad is a dynamic platform that combines video assessment and feedback tools powered by GoReact, a collection of relevant video clips, self-assessments, e-book content, and LearningCurve adaptive quizzing in a simple design. LaunchPad can be purchased on its own for a complete course.

  • An easy-to-use interface that can integrate with learning management systems. Ready-made interactive LaunchPad units give you the building blocks to assign instantly as is, or customize to fit your course. A unit's worth of work can be assigned in seconds, significantly decreasing the amount of time it takes for you to get your course up and running. Integrate with the campus LMS.
  • Video Assessment program powered by GoReact helps instructors provide immediate feedback while easily managing the video process in their courses. The assessment is simple to use with superior commenting, recording, and rubric functionalities and is seamlessly integrated with LaunchPad.
  • LearningCurve offers adaptive quizzing and a personalized learning program. In every chapter, call-outs prompt students to tackle the game-like LearningCurve quizzes to test their knowledge and reinforce learning of the material. Based on research as to how students learn, LearningCurve motivates students to engage with course materials while the reporting tools let you see what content students have mastered, allowing you to adapt your teaching plan to their needs.
  • Extensive public speaking video collection and video activities help students understand theory and public speaking concepts in action. These include numerous public speaking clips and full-length speeches and “needs improvement videos” and discussion questions.
  • Speech specific tools for students include relaxation audio, podcasts, an outlining template, and the PRPSA and PRCA assessments on speech anxiety and communication apprehension.
  • A Speaker’s Guidebook’s instructor resources are also all available on LaunchPad including the instructor’s manual, test bank, slide deck, and more.

New to This Edition

To maintain it’s well-known currency, you’ll find new and updated content throughout, including:

  • New part openers with key tips for each group of chapters. These also contain links to videos in LaunchPad that preview content. There are also guiding questions to focus students on the material they are about to read.
  • New Speaker’s Review feature. These sections review the most important information within each chapter through thought-provoking questions directly related to the material.
  • Revised chapters on theory and the practice of persuasion will help drive home how to effectively build a persuasive speech.

More inclusive approach to linguistic diversity. The authors partnered with two expert reviewers to strengthen the text on being more inclusive of the diversity of dialects, accents, and backgrounds of speakers.

Eighth edition includes 12 full-text sample speeches, nine of which were written by students. Five of the brand-new full-length speeches from real students have been professionally filmed and added to LaunchPad, and they also appear as annotated sample speeches within the text. These make perfect learning models for the classroom, while the professional speeches, from notable men and women, will inspire. Students will hear from civil rights icon John Lewis, Parkland student X González, and more.

New to LaunchPad for A Speaker’s Guidebook is an online speaking module which takes an in-depth look at online communication and provides guidance for students as they navigate this topic, and a Speechography, a collection of suggested professional speeches from important current events.

“This style accommodates today’s learning style in a fast-paced society.”
-- Keith Poole, Isothermal Community College

“A good solid introductory text that is appropriate for an introductory public speaking course.”
-- Kevin Mitchell, College of Southern Nevada

“Personally, I love the design of the book, since it is so easy to search for specific topics.”
-- Terri Scrima, Arapahoe Community College

“An effective and efficient way to teach types of speeches to college students. A textbook that could be kept for professional pointers.”
-- Annette Joseph, Pace University

“A great informative, thorough book of introduction to public speaking.”
-- Emanuel Pantelidis, Pace University

“Overall, very well planned and constructed, and the format is user-friendly.”
-- Sarah Cole, Framingham State University

“It is a great reference guide. Students can easily go back and forth through the text to find helpful information through the use of the tabs. The Guidebook uses several annotated student speeches that are educational and more "hands on" examples for students when they are developing their speeches. Overall, the book is detailed and accessible.”
-- Jen Anderson, Bellevue College

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Dan O'Hair; Rob Stewart; Hannah Rubenstein

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A Speaker's Guidebook

Eighth Edition| 2022

Dan O'Hair; Rob Stewart; Hannah Rubenstein

Table of Contents

Getting Started with Confidence
1. Becoming a Public Speaker
2. Giving It a Try: Preparing Your First Speech

Public Speaking Basics
3. Managing Speech Anxiety
4. Listeners and Speakers
5. Ethical Public Speaking

Audience Analysis and Topic Selection 
6. Analyzing the Audience 
7. Selecting a Topic and Purpose

Supporting the Speech
8. Developing Supporting Materials
9. Finding Credible Print and Online Materials
10. Citing Sources in Your Speech

Organizing and Outlining
11. Organizing the Body of the Speech
12. Types of Organizational Arrangements 
13. Outlining the Speech

Introductions, Conclusions, and Language 
14. Developing the Introduction 
15. Developing the Conclusion 
16. Using Language to Style the Speech

Vocal and Nonverbal Delivery 
17. Methods of Delivery
18. The Voice in Delivery 
19. The Body in Delivery

Presentation Aids
20. Speaking with Presentation Aids
21. Designing Presentation Aids 
22. Using Presentation Software

Forms of Speeches
23. The Informative Speech
24. Principles of Persuasive Speaking
25. Developing Arguments for the Persuasive Speech 
26. Organizing the Persuasive Speech 
27. Special Occasion Speeches

Speaking Beyond the Speech Classroom 
28. Preparing Online Presentations
29. Communicating in Groups 
30. Business and Professional Presentations 
31. Presentations in Other College Courses

Sample Speeches
Sample Annotated Persuasive Speech
Sample Visually Annotated Introductory Speech
Sample Visually Annotated Informative Speech

Reference and Research Appendices
A. Chicago Documentation
B. APA Documentation
C. Glossary

Online Appendices
D
. Question-and-Answer Sessions
E. Preparing for TV and Radio Communication
F. MLA Documentation
G. CBE/CSE Documentation
H. IEEE Documentation

Notes
Acknowledgements
Index

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Dan O'Hair; Rob Stewart; Hannah Rubenstein

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Dan O'Hair

Dan O’Hair is dean of the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information. 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 coauthor or coeditor of eighteen communication texts and scholarly volumes and has published more than ninety 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.


Rob Stewart

Rob Stewart is the Senior Vice Provost and professor of communication studies at Texas Tech University. He is coauthor of A Speaker's Guidebook, and five editions of A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, and has published more than 30 articles and book chapters.


Hannah Rubenstein

Hannah Rubenstein is a writer, editor, and part-time college instructor who has used her academic training in communication (MA, Fairfield University) to guide her collaborations on A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, A Speaker's Guidebook, Public Speaking: Challenges and Choices, and other successful college texts. She heads her own communication firm, Hedgehog Productions, and teaches the basic public speaking course at Connecticut colleges.

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