Introduction
Part One / Fundamentals of Effective Speaking
Chapter 1 Acquiring theBasic Skills
Take Heart from the Experience of Others
Keep Your Goal Before You
Predetermine Your Mind to Success
Seize Every Opportunity to Practice
Chapter 2 Developing Confidence
Get the Facts About Fear of Speaking in Public
Prepare in the Proper Way
Predetermine Your Mind to Success
Act Confident
Chapter 3 Speaking Effectively the Quick and Easy Way
Speak About Something You Have Earned the Right to Talk About Through
Experience or Study
Be Sure You Are Excited About Your Subject
Be Eager to Share Your Talk with Your Listeners
Part Two / Speech, Speaker, and Audience
Chapter 4 Earning the Right to Talk
Limit Your Subject
Develop Reserve Power
Fill Your Talk with Illustrations and Examples
Use Concrete, Familiar Words That Create Pictures
Chapter 5 Vitalizing the Talk
Choose Subjects You Are Eamest About
Relive the Feelings You Have About Your Topic
Act in Earnest
Chapter 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 a Partner in Your Talk
Play Yourself Down
Part Three/The Purpose of Prepared and Impromptu Talks
Chapter 7 Making the Short Talk to Get Action
Give Your Example, an Incident from Your Life
State Your Point, What You Want the Audience to Do
Give the Reason or Benefit the Audience May Expect
Chapter 8 Making the Talk to Inform
Restrict Your Subject to Fit the Time at Your Disposal
Arrange Your Ideas in Sequence
Enumerate Your Points as You Make Them
Compare the Strange with the Familiar
Use Visual Aids
Chapter 9 Making the Talk to Convince
Win Confidence by Deserving It
Get a Yes-Response
Speak with Contagious Enthusiasm
Show Respect and Affection for Your Audience
Begin in a Friendly Way
Chapter 10 Making Impromptu Talks
Practice Impromptu Speaking
Be Mentally Ready to Speak Impromptu
Get into an Example Immediately
Speak with Animation and Force
Use the Principle of the Here and Now
Don’t Talk Impromptu —— Give an Impromptu Talk
Part Four / The Art of Communicating
Chapter 11 Delivering the Talk
Crash Through Your Shell of Self-Consciousness
Don’t Try to Imitate Others —— Be Yourself
Converse with Your Audience
Put Your Heart into Your Speaking
Practice Making Your Voice Strong and Flexible
Part Five / The Challenge of Effective Speaking
Chapter 12 Introducing Speakers, Presenting and Accepting Awards
Thoroughly Prepare What You Are Going to Say
Follow the T-I -S Formula
Be Enthusiastic
Be Warmly Sincere
Thoroughly Prepare the Talk of Presentation
Express Your Sincere Feelings in the Talk of Acceptance
Chapter 13 Organizing the Longer Talk
Get Attention Immediately
Avoid Getting Unfavorable Attention
Support Your Main Ideas
Appeal for Action
Chapter 14 Applying What You Have Learned
Use Specific Detail in Everyday Conversation
Use Effective Speaking Techniques in Your Job
Seek Opportunities to Speak in Public
You Must Persist
Keep the Certainty of Reward Before You
Acknowledgments
