Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach

by Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe

This top-selling public speaking text continues to be an excellent choice for introductory public speaking courses in both 2- and 4-year colleges and universities. Public An Audience-Centered Approach serves as a foundation in speechmaking as it guides students through every step of the process and narrows the gap between the classroom and the real world. Its distinctive and popular audience-centered approach emphasizes the importance of analyzing and considering the audience at every point along the way, with marginal icons highlighting passages that address audience-related issues. Numerous examples, excerpts, and sample speeches support the instruction, while recap boxes and end-of-chapter activities reinforce and extend the lessons of the text.

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction

454 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1996

Reviews

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

A very low quality text book that is made to look useful. Along the way you will find out what Woodrow Wilson said about X and that you have to be prepared before doing something. Stock photograph and dated graphics. Compared with what Google can offer, this is some hundred steps back from the goal of Public Speaking.

[Allison · Rating 2 out of 5]

My professor had us read this ENTIRE textbook, so I'll be damned if I don't count it towards my books read this year!

[Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had to read for an online college course. It was good enough, it just went into too much detail sometimes.

[Salimah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This loose-leaf tome provided a detailed structure on how to effectively give public speeches. Beebe mainly focused on the immense importance of being audience-centered.

[Robert · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read for public speaking. Heavy leftward slant. Let's see how unparanoid Alex Jones's claims are in the near future.

[Indira Wolf · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yay! I'm practically almost done with my speech class. I'm marking its book as read, cause I ain't ever gonna refer to it again. I hope.