Ebook: The Art of Public Speaking

Training in public speaking is not a matter of externals--primarily; it is not a matter of imitation--fundamentally; it is not a matter of conformity to standards--at all. Public speaking is public utterance, public issuance, of the man himself; therefore the first thing both in time and in importance is that the man should be and think and feel things that are worthy of being given forth. Unless there be something of value within, no tricks of training can ever make of the talker anything more than a machine--albeit a highly perfected machine--for the delivery of other men's goods. So self-de.;Cover; The Art of Public Speaking; Copyright; Table of Contents; THINGS TO THINK OF FIRST: A FOREWORD; CHAPTER I; ACQUIRING CONFIDENCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE; CHAPTER II; THE SIN OF MONOTONY; CHAPTER III; EFFICIENCY THROUGH EMPHASIS AND SUBORDINATION; CHAPTER IV; EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PITCH; CHAPTER V; EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PACE; CHAPTER VI; PAUSE AND POWER; CHAPTER VII; EFFICIENCY THROUGH INFLECTION; CHAPTER VIII; CONCENTRATION IN DELIVERY; CHAPTER IX; FORCE; CHAPTER X; FEELING AND ENTHUSIASM; CHAPTER XI; FLUENCY THROUGH PREPARATION; CHAPTER XII; THE VOICE; CHAPTER XIII.