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Public Speaking, 8/E
Michael Osborn, University of Memphis
Suzanne Osborn, University of Memphis
Randall Osborn, University of Memphis

ISBN-10: 020558456X
ISBN-13: 9780205584567

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 544 pp
Published: 12/27/2007

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Centered around three core objectives — helping students develop vital communication skills, encouraging speaker adaptability to diverse audiences, and sensitizing students to the ethical impact of their words — Public Speaking offers both practical advice and an understanding of why such advice works.

 

The eighth edition concentrates on greater simplicity, clarity, and accessibility. The book offers a functional approach to informative speaking and emphasizes the ethics of persuasive speaking. These ideas come to life through examples from real, student, and professional speeches, Exploration and Application exercises at the end of each chapter, and a variety of boxed features throughout the text.

  • The Stairway to Speech Success Model lays out the speech development process from start to finish to help students get started on preparing their first presentation.
  • Exploration and Application Exercises allow students to practice skills in small group settings or on their own. These varied activities can be used in-class to promote discussion or can be assigned as homework.
  • Chapter 2 on "Communication Anxiety" addresses this important subject when your students need it most--as they are preparing to give their first presentation. This chapter flows well into Chapter 3, Your First Speech.
  • PowerPoint Tutorial offers instructions (including screenshots) on how to operate PowerPoint and how to use PowerPoint as an element of a presentation.
  • The concept of argumentative persuasion emphasizes the ethical importance of reasoning in discussions of public policy. A section on Listening to Persuasive Speeches addresses both how to be a thoughtful, active listener, and how--as a speaker--to anticipate and respond to questions from listeners. Chapter 15 introduces the Toulmin model of proofs to help students grasp how to make reasoning work productively in persuasive efforts.
  • Ethics Alert! boxes highlight ethical concerns or issues as they arise in the context of content, rather than confining the subject to a chapter on its own.
  • Annotated Sample Student Speeches illustrate how the theories and principles discussed apply in real life.
  • Speaker's Notes provide students with useful suggestions for improving their presentations, and reinforce key principles and concepts.

  • Offers a reconceptualizing and refocusing of the introductory chapter as a “gateway” chapter into the rest of the book.
  • Gives sharper focus on the definition of public speaking as “an interactive, dynamic process” to help unify important concepts in the first chapter.
  • Provides greater simplicity and clarity in the revised eighth edition, keeping undergraduate readers in mind.
  • Focuses discussion of audience analysis, dealing more precisely with issues speakers must confront in adapting to their listeners (Chapter 5).
  • Introduces the narrative design early in the text (Chapter 3) to help students benefit from its insights throughout the course.
  • Provides a simpler and more functional approach to informative speaking. The discussion of the forms of informative speaking in Chapter 14 is now grounded in three basic human impulses: our desires to expand our awareness, enhance our abilities, and satisfy our curiosity. 
  • Emphasizes the ethics of persuasive speaking. Reversing the order of arrangement in Chapters 15 and 16 makes it easier for students to apply argumentative persuasion as an ethical standard in their decisions concerning persuasive strategy.
  • Presents an abundance of particular improvements. The fabric of the book is enriched in many specific ways. These detailed changes include new speeches, references to new research, improvements to particular sections and sub-sections, new vignettes, new examples and illustrations, and new pedagogical features.

I. The Foundations of Public Speaking

1. Public Speaking and You

2. Managing Your Fear of Speaking

3. Your First Speech

4. Becoming a Better Listener

 

II. Preparation for Public Speaking

5. Adapting to Your Audience and Situation

6. Finding Your Topic

7. Researching Your Topic

8. Supporting Your Ideas

9. Structuring Your Speech

10. Outlining Your Speech

 

III. Developing Presentation Skills

11. Presentation Aids

12. Using Language Effectively

13. Presenting Your Speech

 

IV. Types of Public Speaking

14. Informative Speaking

15. Building Powerful Arguments

16. Persuasive Speaking

17. Ceremonial Speaking

 

Appendices

A. Communicating In Small Groups

B. Speeches For Analysis

 

    Centered around three core objectives--preparing students for civic life, respecting the diversity of the audience, and sensitizing students to the ethical impact of their words--Public Speaking offers both practical advice for public speaking and an understanding of why such advice works.

    The Seventh Edition introduces two models of oral communication--the Mechanical Model, which addresses the physical and technical constraints that shape communication, and the Identification Model, which points out the ethical consequences of oral communication.These concepts are brought to life through examples from real, student, and professional speeches; Discussion and Application exercises at the end of each chapter; and a variety of boxed features throughout the text.

  • 0205566049Public Speaking (with MySpeechLab), 7/E
    Osborn & Osborn
    © 2006 | Allyn & Bacon | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap; 564 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205566049 | ISBN-13: 9780205566044
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Public Speaking, 8/e

Michael Osborn, University of Memphis

Suzanne Osborn, University of Memphis

Randall Osborn, University of Memphis

 

 

Centered around three core objectives — helping you develop vital communication skills, encouraging you to adapt as you speak to diverse audiences, and increasing your sensitivity to the ethical impact of words — Public Speaking offers you both practical advice for speaking in public and an understanding of why such advice works.  The Eighth Edition concentrates on greater simplicity, clarity, and accessibility, offering you a functional approach to informative speaking and emphasizing the ethics of persuasive speaking. These ideas come to life through examples from real student and professional speeches, exercises at the end of each chapter, and a variety of boxed features throughout the text.

 

New and Enduring Features of the Eighth Edition:

  • Explores the speech development process from start to finishusing the Stairway to Speech Success Model to help you get started on preparing your first presentation.
  • Addresses "Communication Anxiety" when you need it most — as you are preparing to give your first presentation.
  • Allows you to practice skills in small group settings or on your own with the Exploration and Application Exercises found at the end of each chapter.

 

 

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Public Speaking 8e is available with MySpeechLab, a dynamic, interactive online resource that gives you everything you need to succeed in your Public Speaking course — all in one easy-to-use Web site.  Log on to www.myspeechlab.com and find a wealth of videos, practice exams & tests, interactive activities, and much more!

                                                                                                              

Praise for Public Speaking:

 

“This text is great; it can be used for first year speech courses and advanced as well. The figure charts, “Ethics Alert” boxes, Speaker’s Notes… all simply outperform other texts.” - Dave Berg, Weber State University

 

“This book is unique because of its writing style. I have been pleasantly surprised to find out how much I enjoy reading the chapters and even find myself more inspired to teach and practice public speaking better. I feel that the authors write out of a sense of conviction about this craft and incorporate authentic and relevant examples to illustrate the concepts principles and ethics.” - Dorothy Collins, Texas A&M University

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  • Outlining Workbook
    Hanson & Condon
    © 2001 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper | Instock
    ISBN-10: 032108702X | ISBN-13: 9780321087027


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    Communication helps students see the relationships among the concepts, skills, theories, and contexts of communication by anchoring all discussion around five fundamental communication principles.

     

    Written by experienced and highly regarded textbook authors and teachers, Communication: Principles for a Lifetime provides students with all the theory and skills necessary in the introductory course–in a manner that will help them to apply what they learn throughout their lives. Understanding that the challenge in any basic communication course is teaching students the myriad of skills, principles, and theories without overwhelming them, Beebe/Beebe/Ivy emphasize five key principles of communication throughout their book:

    • Be aware of your communication with yourself and others.
    • Effectively use and interpret verbal messages.
    • Effectively use and interpret nonverbal messages.
    • Listen and respond thoughtfully to others.
    • Appropriately adapt messages to others.
    Providing both comprehensive and cutting-edge content about communication organized around these five themes, Beebe/Beebe/Ivy cover all of the topics expected in the basic course in a manner that will help both instructors and their students organize the extensive range of material.
  • 0205467024Communication: Principles for a Lifetime (Book alone), 3/E
    Beebe, Beebe & Ivy
    © 2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 512 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205467024 | ISBN-13: 9780205467020
    Brief Description

    • This brief, skills-oriented and highly interactive introduction to public speaking emphasizes the latest research methods, as well as critical thinking and listening skills.

     

    This popular public speaking text is a concise, yet comprehensive exploration of the basic principles of public speaking, focusing on the essentials that a beginning student needs to know to prepare and deliver a speech.  A clear link between theory and practice, as well as numerous critical thinking questions and scenarios, helps students develop the skills they need to become more critical public speakers and listeners.  Briefer than many mainstream public speaking texts, The Essential Elements of Public Speaking helps students master key skills as quickly and efficiently as possible.

     

    A new, contemporary design and streamlined pedagogy in this edition enhance the straightforward explanation of basic public speaking principles and allows students to find essential information more easily.

  • 0205543006The Essential Elements of Public Speaking, 3/E
    DeVito
    © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 352 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205543006 | ISBN-13: 9780205543007
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    • This brief, skills-focused, and highly interactive presentation of public speaking emphasizes the newest research methods and critical listening and thinking.

    The Essential Elements of Public Speaking is a concise exploration of the ins and outs of public speaking and makes a clear link between theory and practice–all in only twelve chapters.

  • 0205423817The Essential Elements of Public Speaking, 2/E
    DeVito
    © 2006 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 336 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205423817 | ISBN-13: 9780205423811
    Brief Description

    • Essentials of Human Communication fills the need for a brief, interesting, but serious text that places a strong focus on skill development. In-text features and the text itself highlight the application of human communication skills to the real world and to the workplace. This top-selling text presents the fundamental skills of interpersonal, small group, and public communication, emphasizing the areas of human communication skills, cultural awareness, listening, critical thinking, ethics, power and empowerment, media literacy, and computer-mediated communication.

     

     

  • 0205491464Essentials of Human Communication, 6/E
    DeVito
    © 2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 416 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205491464 | ISBN-13: 9780205491469
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    • Everyday Public Speaking will prepare students for the speaking events they are likely to encounter now and in the future and empower them to present themselves and their ideas credibly, confidently, and ethically.

     

    Students learn the fundamentals of speaking, how to build a presentation, and how to present to different types of audiences.  The focus is on learning how to tailor their messages to a specific audience based on the different needs of three audience types: positive, neutral, or hostile.   Speaking examples, many illustrated by video clips, illustrate the concepts.

  • 0205500250Everyday Public Speaking (with MySpeechLab)
    Redmond & Vrchota
    © 2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper Package; 544 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205500250 | ISBN-13: 9780205500253
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    • Human Communication: The Basic Course surveys the broad field of human communication, giving attention to theory, research, and skill development.

    This text provides an in-depth look at the concepts and principles that comprise all forms of human communication. With an emphasis on public speaking, interpersonal communication, and small group communication, the text also explores key issues and topics in organizational communication and the mass media.   A separate pamphlet, “Interviewing and Human Communication” (available packaged with the text for no additional charge), covers the principles and skills of informative and employment interviews. Designed to allow flexibility in teaching approaches, Human Communication: The Basic Course offers instructors a wide range of topics to discuss and apply to real-world experiences.

  • 0205428495Human Communication: The Basic Course, 10/E
    DeVito
    © 2006 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 480 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205428495 | ISBN-13: 9780205428496
    Brief Description

    • MySpeechLab is a state-of-the-art interactive and instructive solution for introductory public speaking and communication courses, designed to be used as a supplement to a traditional lecture course, or to completely administer an online course. MySpeechLab gives you and your students access to a wealth of resources all geared to meet the individual teaching and learning needs of every instructor and every student. Combining an E-book, multimedia, video clips, activities, speech preparation tools, research support, practice tests, and exams, MySpeechLab engages students and prepares them to communicate with confidence.

     

    MySpeechLab is appropriate for use in introductory public speaking and communication courses. Click on "MySpeechLab Series" on the left side of this page for a list of books available with MySpeechLab.

  • 0205543340MYSPEECHLAB: Where students learn to communicate with confidence!
    Allyn & Bacon
    © 2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Website | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205543340 | ISBN-13: 9780205543342
    URL: http://www.myspeechlab.com
    Brief Description

    • Mastering Public Speaking equips students with a firm grounding in the “hows” and “whys” of public speaking by providing an ideal balance of theory and skills while placing important emphases on critiquing, ethics, and critical thinking.

     

    Written in a casual, lively style and clearly organized, this edition of Mastering Public Speaking builds on its previous success. The Sixth Edition retains its popular and distinctive emphasis on the ethical contract between speaker and listener and on the value of critiquing speeches to improve one's own skills. Students also learn how to think critically as they choose speech topics, conduct research, organize content, select language, manage nervousness, and deliver speeches. The Sixth Edition offers two new features, “Theory into Practice” and “Try This,” that help students understand and apply concepts and strategies of public communication to enhance their speaking competence. Full of student examples from both two- and four-year schools (some of which are included in video form on MySpeechLab), Mastering Public Speaking adds interest and relevance to all aspects of the speech-making process.

  • 0205467350Mastering Public Speaking, 6/E
    Grice & Skinner
    © 2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 447 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205467350 | ISBN-13: 9780205467358
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    • ActiveBooks are designed with student success in mind. A unique combination of print and electronic materials, ActiveBooks provide a true active learning experience. Studies show that assessment opportunities immediately after reading increase student comprehension and understanding. ActiveBooks have built in self-assessment at the end of every main heading in the book as well as end of chapter practice tests. Combined with the individualized study plan found in MySpeechLab, these assessments provide a wide range of focused learning opportunities for students.

     

    ActiveBooks have two components—the printed workbook and MySpeechLab, which contains a full, electronic version of the textbook including media assets and active assessments. The print component is the narrative of the textbook. There are in-text references that direct students to the MySpeechLab E-Book to view the material from the text. Students are also directed, via icons in the workbook, to complete “watch” or “explore” activities that represent the most important concepts in the section, and then answer questions to illustrate their understanding. At the end of the main sections, students are directed to complete a Quick Review, a self test consisting of six to eight questions, and two critical thinking questions about the material they have just read. With ActiveBooks, students always have access to the full E-Book version of the textbook as well as all the multimedia assets and assessments contained in MySpeechLab.

     

    MySpeechLab (www.myspeechlab.com) is a state-of-the-art, interactive and instructive online solution for introductory public speaking courses. MySpeechLab combines multimedia, video, activities, speech preparation tools, research support, tests, and quizzes to make teaching and learning fun! An access code to MySpeechLab comes with every new copy of this ActiveBook Edition.

     

    Grice & Skinner, Mastering Public Speaking 6e, in brief:

    Mastering Public Speaking equips students with a firm grounding in the “hows” and “whys” of public speaking by providing an ideal balance of theory and skills while placing important emphases on critiquing, ethics, and critical thinking. Written in a casual, lively style and clearly organized, this sixth retains its popular and distinctive emphasis on the ethical contract between speaker and listener and on the value of critiquing speeches to improve one's own skills. Students learn how to think critically as they choose speech topics, conduct research, organize content, select language, manage nervousness, and deliver speeches.

    See Grice & Skinner’s Mastering Public Speaking 6e for a complete description of the text. 

  • 0205594050Mastering Public Speaking, ActiveBook Edition, 6/E
    Grice & Skinner
    © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Unbound; 416 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205594050 | ISBN-13: 9780205594054
    Brief Description

    • What does it take to successfully prepare and deliver presentations to audiences in public, college, workplace, and community settings?

     

    Presentations are a fact of modern life. They include personal talks in private settings, technical explanations to colleagues at important meetings, and persuasive speeches to public audiences. Presentations in Everyday Life responds to the expressed needs of contemporary college students who face the challenge of making presentations that inform, persuade, entertain, and inspire audience members in and beyond college classrooms. Through hands-on materials and practical advice, Presentations in Everyday Life uniquely offers students the seven key elements and guiding principles of presentation speaking that apply to any speaking context they may encounter. Students will learn immediately useful strategies and skills to make their presentations more successful and memorable.

  • 020561275XPresentations in Everyday Life, 3/E
    Engleberg & Daly
    © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 552 pages | Estimated Availability: 10/24/2008
    ISBN-10: 020561275X | ISBN-13: 9780205612758
    Brief Description

    • Balancing skills and theory, Principles of Public Speaking emphasizes orality, Internet technology, and critical thinking as it encourages students to see public speaking as a way to build community in today's diverse world.

     

    Within a framework that emphasizes speaker responsibility, critical thinking, listening, and cultural awareness, this classic text uses examples from college, workplace, political, and social communication to make the study of public speaking relevant, contemporary, and exciting for students. This brief but comprehensive text also offers students the latest in using technology in speechmaking, featuring a unique and exciting integrated text and technology learning system.
  • 0205494420Principles of Public Speaking, 16/E
    German, Gronbeck, Ehninger & Monroe
    © 2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 352 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205494420 | ISBN-13: 9780205494422
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    • Centered around three core objectives — helping students develop vital communication skills, encouraging speaker adaptability to diverse audiences, and sensitizing students to the ethical impact of their words — Public Speaking offers both practical advice and an understanding of why such advice works.

     

    The eighth edition concentrates on greater simplicity, clarity, and accessibility. The book offers a functional approach to informative speaking and emphasizes the ethics of persuasive speaking. These ideas come to life through examples from real, student, and professional speeches, Exploration and Application exercises at the end of each chapter, and a variety of boxed features throughout the text.

  • 020558456XPublic Speaking, 8/E
    Osborn, Osborn & Osborn
    © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 544 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 020558456X | ISBN-13: 9780205584567
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    • Designed to help students become successful speakers in the classroom and the workplace, the Public Speaking Guidebook presents the essentials of public speaking through a step-by-step, hands-on approach.  

     

    An adaptation of Public Speaking 7e, the Guidebook follows the same format as its predecessor and retains a strong emphasis on ethics and a healthy respect for diversity. Centered on three core objectives—preparing students for life beyond the classroom, respecting the diversity of the audience and sensitizing students to the ethical impact of their own words—the text provides practical advice and an understanding of why such advice works.

  • 0205563929Public Speaking Guidebook
    Osborn, Osborn & Osborn
    © 2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 410 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205563929 | ISBN-13: 9780205563920
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    • Adapted from the authors' top-selling public speaking text, Public Speaking Handbook provides a unique, audience-centered approach in a student-friendly reference format, allowing students to access information quickly and easily.

     

    Public Speaking Handbook brings theory and practice together in an understandable and applicable manner. Its distinctive and popular approach emphasizes the importance of analyzing and considering the audience at every point along the way. This model of public speaking serves as a foundation as the text guides students through the step-by-step process of public speaking, focusing their attention on the importance and dynamics of diverse audiences, and narrowing the gap between the classroom and the real world.

  • 0205502962Public Speaking Handbook, 2/E
    Beebe & Beebe
    © 2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 576 pages | Estimated Availability: 09/19/2008
    ISBN-10: 0205502962 | ISBN-13: 9780205502967
    Brief Description

    • The unique, audience-centered approach of this top-selling text emphasizes that success in public speaking depends on how listeners interpret the message. Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach brings theory and practice together. Its distinctive and popular approach emphasizes the importance of analyzing and considering the audience at every point in the speech making process. This model of public speaking is the foundation of the text, and it guides students through the step-by-step process of public speaking, focusing their attention on the dynamics of diverse audiences, and narrowing the gap between the classroom and the real world. The seventh edition includes an expanded emphasis on helping students manage communication apprehension.

  • 0205543014Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach, 7/E
    Beebe & Beebe
    © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 528 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205543014 | ISBN-13: 9780205543014
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    • The unique, audience-centered approach of this top-selling text emphasizes that success in public speaking depends on how listeners interpret the message.

    Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach brings theory and practice together in an understandable and applicable manner. Its distinctive and popular approach emphasizes the importance of analyzing and considering the audience at every point along the way, with marginal icons highlighting audience-related discussions. This model of public speaking serves as a foundation as the text guides students through the step-by-step process of public speaking, focuses their attention on the importance and dynamics of diverse audiences, and narrows the gap between the classroom and the real world.

  • 0205449832Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach, 6/E
    Beebe & Beebe
    © 2006 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 494 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205449832 | ISBN-13: 9780205449835
    Brief Description

    • Public Speaking: Strategies for Success proposes that at all stages of the public speaking process, students learn how to develop and apply strategies to speaking situations they encounter throughout their lives.

                     

    David Zarefsky, one of today's leading scholars in speech communication, encourages students to think through and about the public speaking process. Zarefsky urges students to consider the diversity of audiences, occasions, and speakers and to choose a specific purpose, a relevant topic, and the appropriate material to make their speeches successful.

  • 0205504051Public Speaking: Strategies for Success, 5/E
    Zarefsky
    © 2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper Package; 528 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205504051 | ISBN-13: 9780205504053
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