The Art of Public Speaking
by Dale Carnegie J. Berg Esenwein
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The Art of Public Speaking | Dale Carnegie & J. Berg Esenwein | Hardcover | International bestseller book Hardcover – 1 January 2024
Chapters (178)
- The Art of Public Speaking
- J. BERG ESENWEIN
- AUTHOR OF "HOW TO ATTRACT AND HOLD AN AUDIENCE," "WRITING THE SHORT-STORY," "WRITING THE PHOTOPLAY," ETC., ETC., AND
- DALE CARNAGEY
- PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING, BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE; INSTRUCTOR IN PUBLIC SPEAKING, Y.M.C.A. SCHOOLS, NEW YORK, BROOKLYN, BALTIMORE, AND PHILADELPHIA, AND THE NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BANKING
- THE WRITER'S LIBRARY
- EDITED BY J. BERG ESENWEIN
- THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL
- SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
- F. ARTHUR METCALF
- FELLOW-WORKER AND FRIEND
- THINGS TO THINK OF FIRST
- A FOREWORD
- THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
- CHAPTER I
- ACQUIRING CONFIDENCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES.
- CHAPTER II
- THE SIN OF MONOTONY
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES.
- CHAPTER III
- EFFICIENCY THROUGH EMPHASIS AND SUBORDINATION
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- CHAPTER IV
- EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PITCH
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- CHAPTER V
- EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PACE
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- FOOL'S GOLD
- EXERCISES
- THE MOB
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- A PLEA FOR CUBA
- CHAPTER VI
- PAUSE AND POWER
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VII
- EFFICIENCY THROUGH INFLECTION
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- SELECTIONS FOR PRACTISE
- THE HISTORY OF LIBERTY
- CHAPTER VIII
- CONCENTRATION IN DELIVERY
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- CHAPTER IX
- FORCE
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER X
- FEELING AND ENTHUSIASM
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- PATRICK HENRY'S SPEECH
- BEFORE THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION OF DELEGATES
- CHAPTER XI
- FLUENCY THROUGH PREPARATION
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- GENERAL THEMES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XII
- THE VOICE
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- CHAPTER XIII
- VOICE CHARM
- SELECTIONS FOR PRACTISE
- FROM MILTON'S "L'ALLEGRO"
- THE SEA
- THE LARK
- THE BROOK
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- CHAPTER XIV
- DISTINCTNESS AND PRECISION OF UTTERANCE
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XV
- THE TRUTH ABOUT GESTURE
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- CHAPTER XVI
- METHODS OF DELIVERY
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- CHAPTER XVII
- THOUGHT AND RESERVE POWER
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVIII
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XIX
- INFLUENCING BY EXPOSITION
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XX
- INFLUENCING BY DESCRIPTION
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXI
- INFLUENCING BY NARRATION
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXII
- INFLUENCING BY SUGGESTION
- INVICTUS
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- CHAPTER XXIII
- INFLUENCING BY ARGUMENT
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXIV
- INFLUENCING BY PERSUASION
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- CHAPTER XXV
- INFLUENCING THE CROWD
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXVI
- RIDING THE WINGED HORSE
- I. WHAT IS IMAGINATION?
- II. THE USES OF IMAGING IN PUBLIC SPEAKING
- III. HOW TO ACQUIRE THE IMAGING HABIT
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXVII
- GROWING A VOCABULARY
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- MEMORY TRAINING
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- CHAPTER XXIX
- RIGHT THINKING AND PERSONALITY
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- CHAPTER XXX
- AFTER-DINNER AND OTHER OCCASIONAL SPEAKING
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXXI
- MAKING CONVERSATION EFFECTIVE
- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX A
- FIFTY QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE
- APPENDIX B
- THIRTY THEMES FOR SPEECHES
- APPENDIX C
- SUGGESTIVE SUBJECTS FOR SPEECHES[36]
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX D SPEECHES FOR STUDY AND PRACTISE NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS
- BRAVE LITTLE BELGIUM
- HENRY WATTERSON
- THE NEW AMERICANISM
- JOHN MORLEY
- FOUNDER'S DAY ADDRESS
- ROBERT TOOMBS
- ON RESIGNING FROM THE SENATE, 1861
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT
- INAUGURAL ADDRESS
- ON AMERICAN MOTHERHOOD[38]
- ALTON B. PARKER
- THE CALL TO DEMOCRATS
- JOHN W. WESCOTT
- NOMINATING WOODROW WILSON
- HENRY W. GRADY
- THE RACE PROBLEM
- WILLIAM McKINLEY
- LAST SPEECH
- JOHN HAY
- TRIBUTE TO MCKINLEY
- WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
- THE PRINCE OF PEACE[39]
- RUFUS CHOATE
- EULOGY OF WEBSTER
- ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE
- PASS PROSPERITY AROUND
- RUSSELL CONWELL
- ACRES OF DIAMONDS[40]
- VICTOR HUGO
- HONORE DE BALZAC
- FOOTNOTES:
- GENERAL INDEX
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