The Quick and Easy Way to Effective SpeakingIn this streamlined and updated edition of Dale Carnegie’s communications classic, learn how to achieve greater success and have maximum impact as a speaker in every situation that requires convincing others of your point of view. Good public speakers are made, not born—as the pioneer of personal business skills, Dale Carnegie, once argued. Yet business, social, and personal satisfaction and success often depends heavily upon your ability to communicate clearly. In The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking, you can acquire and perfect your public speaking skills. Featuring accessible step-by-step instructions, you will learn how to build confidence, courage, and enthusiasm in every situation, including the boardroom and beyond. |
Contents
Part One Fundamentals of Effective Speaking | 13 |
Developing Confidence | 30 |
Speaking Effectively the Quick and Easy Way | 45 |
Part Two Speech Speaker and Audience | 59 |
Vitalizing the Talk | 76 |
Sharing the Talk with the Audience | 85 |
Part Three The Purpose of Prepared | 99 |
Making the Talk to Inform | 118 |
Making Impromptu Talks | 146 |
Part Four The Art of Communicating | 157 |
Part Five The Challenge of Effective Speaking | 171 |
Organizing the Longer Talk | 186 |
Applying What You Have Learned | 207 |
Acknowledgments | 221 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking Dale Carnegie Books Volume 81298 of Pocket books |
| Authors | Dale Carnegie, Dorothy Carnegie |
| Editor | Dorothy Carnegie |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1977 |
| ISBN | 0671724002, 9780671724009 |
| Length | 221 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Public Speaking & Speech Writing Language Arts & Disciplines / Speech & Pronunciation Psychology / General Reference / General Self-Help / General Self-Help / Personal Growth / General Self-Help / Personal Growth / Self-Esteem |
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