Public speaking /

Osborn, Michael

Public speaking / Michael Osborn and Suzanne Osborn - Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin Company, c1988 - xxv, 490 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Part I. The Foundation of Public Speaking -- Part II. Preparation for Public Speaking -- Part III. Developing Presentation Skills -- Part IV. Informative Public Speaking -- Part V. Persuasive Public Speaking -- Part VI. Speeches for other Occasions.

Many years ago we stepped - totally unprepared room to teach our first public speaking classes. Talk about performance anxiety! Now we write this preface, convinced that the ancients were wise to place the study of public speaking at the center of the educational discipline.

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PUBLIC SPEAKING

PN 4121 .O83 1988