How to sell through speech The businessman is not the only person interested in the subject of salesmanship. Practically everyone has something to sell, whether it be merchandise, talent, skill, experience, or service. This book embraces practical t…
The art of effective speaking The art of effective speaking, Excerpt Nothing so truly distinguishes one person from another in point of culture as his manner of speaking. There is much truth in the statement that a man is known by the character of …
The essentials of effective gesture It is generally admitted that good gestures help to vitalize, illuminate, and emphasize verbal expression. If students of the art of speech-making can be led to understand the underlying principles of gesture and…
The art of acting and public reading This book has been written in response to a demand for some text that will outline a course of instruction leading to professional work. It takes up the work of Acting and Public Reading and presupposes thorough …
Principles and practice of public speaking Principles and practice of public speaking The motive that has prompted the writing of this book is threefold; first, to present the principles of public speaking, and suitable illustrative material in conv…
How to gesture This book is designed to help those who wish simply to become good speakers, as well as ambitious students of oratory. While not written for the theorist, the author believes it to be scientific. It goes only so far into the ideal in…
Dickson's How to speak in public Oratory supplies the most sublime gratification which the gods have to give. to subdue the audience and blend mind with mind affords an intoxication beyond the ambrosia of Elysium. when Sophocles pictured the god…
How to speak; exercises in voice culture and articulation, with illustrative poems How to speak A speaker's success depends largely upon his ability to make himself heard, and upon the flexibility and quality of his voice. It might be supposed…
Principles of public speaking Principles of public speaking Many of the precepts of public speaking are as old as the beginnings of science and art, but research within the last thirty years has brought new viewpoints to the field. This book, there…
