Overcoming Your Fear of Public Speaking: A Proven Method
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 020556108X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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In addition, the handbook offers advice on speech content and techniques for effective delivery. . Written by well-respected researcher and communication anxiety specialist Michael Motley, this brief handbook is a must for any course that includes public speaking. Focusing on speeches as communication tasks rather than performances, this guide offers assistance to any student who suffers from speech anxiety
Motley is best known for his work on laboratory-induced slips of the tongue (e.g., Freudian slips) as indicators of cognitive processing in speech. In 1987 he was recognized by a special Eastern Communication Association panel as being among the "Top 1%" of the discipline's scholars in research productivity during the 1980's. . Motley has taught both graduate and undergraduate level courses concerned with interpersonal message strategies and tactics. He has been an associate editor for several journals and has held several offices within National Communication Association and Western States Communication Association. & B.A., University of Texas) conducts research concerned with the interpersonal tactics and message strategies that individuals use in the context of problematic social interactions (for example, sexual harassment, unrequited romance, sexual aggressiveness/date rape, and disclosures concerning sexually transmitted diseases). Motley (Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Good book ! It is a good book, it gave me good strategies to overcome public speaking anxiety, it is explained in a easy way to understand.. An excellent handbook A Customer This is an excellent book, clearly the best on the subject that I have read. In just 140 pages, it explains why delivering a speech is a common problem to many people, and more important: how can one effectively overcome that problem. The arguments used by the author are based on actual teaching experiences, and are presented intelligently and with a clear structure: The first chapter explains three main factors that intervene in creating speech anxiety. The second chapter st. Not a solution for all. I read this book in preparation for two speeches I had to do at university. Although what the book said (like adopting the communication orientation and not memorizing your speech) sounded really good and believable on paper, in reality, the book just did not work for me. I still got nervous during my speeches (I think in my case my subconscious or my nervous system is just too used to respond nervously to public speaking) and have since looked for other approaches to lower m
& B.A., University of Texas) conducts research concerned with the interpersonal tactics and message strategies that individuals use in the context of problematic social interactions (for example, sexual harassment, unrequited romance, sexual aggressiveness/date rape, and disclosures concerning sexually transmitted diseases). In 1987 he was recognized by a