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The Speaker's Handbook, 9th Edition

Name: The Speaker's Handbook, 9th Edition
Author: Jo Sprague
ISBN: 9780495567479

by Jo Sprague, Douglas Stuart, David Bodary

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Overview

THE SPEAKER'S HANDBOOK is intended for the introductory public speaking course taught in departments of speech communication at two- and four-year colleges and universities.

Synopsis

This handbook and accompanying CD-ROM will help students and professionals improve their public speaking skills. The handbook provides 30 stand-alone chapters on principles and provides examples and exercises on issues commonly confronted in preparing and delivering a speech. This seventh edition is bound with a spiral binding and tabbed part dividers, and offers more information on finding, evaluating, and citing electronic sources and on software- generated visuals. The CD-ROM contains complete and excerpted student and professional speeches, plus links to a Web site. Sprague is affiliated with San Jose State University. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

About the Author, Jo Sprague

Jo Sprague is Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at San Jos? State University, where she also served as Associate Director of the Center for Faculty Development and Support. In addition to her research on critiquing, teaching, and the scholarship of speech communications, she has served as President of the Western States Communication Association.

Dr. David Bodary is a professor of Communication Arts at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. He received the Meritorious Teaching Award several times during his teaching career and recently served as Chair of the Community College Section at National Communication Association. He continues to serve on various association committees as he leads this edition and future editions of THE SPEAKER'S HANDBOOK. Dr. Bodary earned his PhD in 1999 from Wayne State University.

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"It is a great book as it includes substantial information on the most up-to-date communication theoretical concepts in relation to public speaking, as well as good supplemental material that would be useful for opening the door to developing speaking skills for our students."

"Unquestionably the best handbook-format textbook, and the most focused, clearly written public speaking text on the market. It's efficient, well organized, and easy for students and instructors to use."

"The Speaker's Handbook is a compact, well-organized text that students find very readable and very usable. The format is user-friendly, and tabbed section dividers facilitate location of information. The text clearly presents communication theory and its applications in both academic and professional settings."