A Speaker''s Guidebook and its integrated media program are available in LaunchPad, a dynamic new platform that combines a curated collection of video, homework assignments, e-book content, and the LearningCurve adaptive quizzing program, organized for easy assignability, in a simple user interface. Easy to start. LaunchPad''s ready-made, interactive units give you building blocks to assign instantly as is or as a starting point for creating your own learning units. Set up and assign in seconds! Intuitive and useful analytics. The gradebook allows you to quickly review progress at the class and individual level, providing information you can use to make the most of the teaching and learning experience. Fully interactive e-book. Every LaunchPad e-book comes with powerful study tools, multimedia content, and easy customization for instructors. LearningCurve provides adaptive quizzing and a personalized learning program for your public speaking course.
In every chapter, call-outs prompt students to tackle the game-like LearningCurve quizzes to test their knowledge and reinforce learning of the material. Based on research on how students learn, LearningCurve motivates students to engage with course materials, while the reporting tools let you see what students understand so you can adapt your teaching to their needs. Learning Curve for A Speaker''s Guidebook is organized by Part, so students can review a range of topics. Speech videos that help students improve their speech techniques. New informative and persuasive speech videos accompanied by questions show how speakers can polish their organization, source citations, and delivery. These polished and professionally shot speech videos on interesting topics like freeganism and cyberbullying include one speech of introduction, two informative speeches, and two persuasive speeches as well as "needs improvement" clips that help students recognize how to avoid common pitfalls in their own speeches. Full-text versions of the speeches are printed in the book, with electronic transcripts and closed captioning online. Mirroring new realities, one of the new speeches is an online presentation, showing the process of setting up the presentation and techniques for keeping a remote audience engaged.
Comprehensive video collection containing more than 240 clips and full-length speeches, including professional speeches and model student speeches. "Needs improvement" clips highlight typical issues. Even better coverage of the fundamentals: The latest scholarship on listening. This fully revised chapter reflects new research on active listening, processing and remembering information, and minimizing distractions. Communication ethics, updated with the foundations. This revised chapter clarifies complex ideas and helps students understand the basic ethical theories, in order to become a more civic-minded and credible speaker. Persuasive techniques, simplified. The persuasion chapters have been revised to help students gain a better understanding of ethical arguments, counterarguments, and other persuasive techniques.
Cutting-edge coverage reflects the changing world of public and presentational speaking: New chapter reflects new direction in online and print research: Chapter 9, Locating Credible Print and Online Materials, offers an approach to searching for supporting materials aligned with the way that students do their research today online. Revised chapters show students how to create presentations in Prezi, Apple Keynote and Microsoft PowerPoint: Chapters 20-22 focus on presentation software and show students how to create and deliver effective presentations, while avoiding technical glitches. An updated chapter on online presentations provides students with the most helpful tips and guidance on how to prepare online speeches. A Speaker''s Guidebook was the first public speaking book to cover online presentations; in the new edition, the chapter is updated with more detailed techniques and a video of an online speech.