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Actor and comedian Bill Cosby is a talented and entertaining public speaker
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Everything You Need to Know About Public Speaking
Rachel Blumstein
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Published in 2000 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 29 East 21st Street, New York, NY 10010
Copyright 2000 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. First Edition
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Blumstein, Rachel. Everything you need to know about public speaking / Rachel Blumstein. p. cm. -- (The need to know library) Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: Describes public speaking skills with practical advice such as choosing a topic, writing a speech, using visuals, practicing, and conquering stage fright. ISBN 0-8239-3087-4 1. Public SpeakingJuvenile literature. [1. Public speaking.] I. Title. II. Series. PN4121 .B5275 2000 808.5'1dc21 99-055491
Manufactured in the United States of America
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Contents
Introduction: "Why Do I Have to Give a Speech?"
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Chapter One
Conquering Stage Fright
9
Chapter Two
Choosing and Brainstorming Your Topic
14
Chapter Three
Outlining Your Speech
24
Chapter Four
Writing Your Speech
33
Chapter Five
Capturing Your Audience with Visuals
41
Chapter Six
Editing and Practicing Your Speech
48
Chapter Seven
The Day of Your Speech
52
Glossary
57
Where to Go for Help
60
For Further Reading
62
Index
63
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Introduction: "Why Do I Have to Give a Speech?"
If you are reading this book, chances are you did not volunteer to stand in front of a group of people and speak. Few people volunteer to walk over hot coals or roast slowly over an open fireand most people fear public speaking more than physical pain or death. In fact, in a list of adults' top ten fears, death ranked #7, whereas fear of public speaking appeared as #1. Yet someone (probably an adult) has asked, cajoled, perhaps even insisted that you "say a few words" to your class, team, club, church, or synagogue. If adults fear public speaking so much, why do they ask you to do it?
This may be the first time you have to speak in public, but it certainly will not be the last. Throughout your life, even if you strive to avoid it, you will, inevitably, be
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required to speak in public. Some professions require speaking more than others do, but all jobs require communication skills. Ask some adults if they use public speaking skills in their profession, and you will find that almost everyone doesteachers, actors, doctors, salespeople, lawyers, engineers, politicians, musicianswhether they are speaking from a stage to a crowd of thousands or giving the occasional report at a staff meeting.
The world of work is not the only place you will be asked to give a speech. At your brother's wedding you may be expected to give a toast. You may want to educate your community board about the importance of recycling or convince the school board to raise teachers' salaries.
Booker T. Washington, born as a slave on a plantation in Virginia, grew to become one of the most important educators of his time. He valued public speaking so much that he devoted an entire chapter of his biography, Up from Slavery, to the topic. Washington established the Tuskegee Institute and became a consummate speaker who would fill halls with people who stood for hours to hear him intone on the importance of education for African Americans. After years of public speaking, one might assume that Washington overcame the natural fear of speaking before a crowd. Yet Washington wrote that he always suffered from nervousness before speaking. "More than once, just before I was to make an important address, this nervous strain
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