Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach

by Steven A. Beebe

This FlexChoice product features two components: a full-color book and a Website that includes two online chapters, audio clips, pedagogy from the regular Public Speaking, and many interactive activities. The new FlexChoice version of Public Speaking retains the distinctive and popular audience-centered approach of the full book, which emphasizes the importance of analyzing and considering the audience during the public speaking process. With an engaging writing style and numerous examples, this book serves as a foundation for speechmaking as it guides readers through every step of the process. The website includes the complete text of two chapters (18 and 19), pedagogy, many illustrations, sample speeches, online practice tests, flash cards of the key terms, and many other interactive activities. For public speaking students, or anyone looking for an interactive way to improve their speech communication.

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction

474 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1996

Reviews

[Ietrio]

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]

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]

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

[Salimah]

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]

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

[Indira Wolf]

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.