Description
Book SynopsisCommunication expert and popular speaker Quentin Schultze offers a practical, accessible, and inspiring guide to public speaking, showing readers how to serve their audiences with faith, skill, and virtue. This thoroughly rewritten and expanded four-color edition has been tested and revised with input from Christian undergraduates and contains new chapters on timely topics, such as speaking for video, conducting group presentations, and engaging society civilly. A complete public speaking textbook for Christian universities, it includes helpful sidebars, tips, and appendixes. Additional resources for students and professors are available through Textbook eSources.
Table of ContentsContents Foreword by Martin J. Medhurst Introduction 1. Speak to Serve 2. Plan Neighbor-Serving Speeches 3. Conquer Speaking Fears 4. Compose an Outline 5. Speak Extemporaneously 6. Anticipate Challenges and Opportunities 7. Think Biblically 8. Research the Topic and Audience 9. Find and Evaluate Online Sources 10. Be Trustworthy (Ethos 1) 11. Be Virtuous (Ethos 2) 12. Convey Ideas Passionately 13. Speak to Inform Dramatically 14. Tell Stories (Mythos) 15. Speak to Persuade Logically (Logos) 16. Speak to Persuade Emotionally (Pathos) 17. Share Special Moments 18. Advocate for All Neighbors by Amy King 19. Present in Groups by Heidi Petak 20. Stage with Technology 21. Speak through Video by Kathleen Sindorf Afterword by Clifford G. Christians Appendix A: Checklist for Preparing a Speech Appendix B: Plan Speeches with the Holy Spirit Appendix C: Form for Evaluating Speeches Appendix D: Speak from a Manuscript: Lessons from an Executive Speechwriter by Karl Payton
