Strategic Public Speaking: A Handbook

by David Zarefsky

An adaptation of Public Strategies for Success 4/e, this handbook format offers the reader a valuable, accessible reference tool to guide them as they learn how to develop and apply strategies to speaking situations they will encounter throughout their lives. David Zarefsky, one of today's leading scholars in speech communication, encourages the reader to think through and about the public speaking process. Zarefsky urges the reader 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.

464 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 14, 2007