The vocal skills pocketbook /
Payne, Richard A.
The vocal skills pocketbook / by Richard Payne ; drawings by Phil Hailstone. - Alresford, Hant : Management Pocketbooks, 2004. - 1 online resource : illustrations
This guide to public speaking shows all the core skills of the art, in order to develop a confident, authoritative and vital delivery in a range of varying situations. In his view, most books on the subject are aimed at the professional performer and are too technical for the average person. The Vocal Skills Pocketbook takes a practical approach and will enable individuals to analyse their speaking voices and establish what aspects they wish to improve. The advice and information will be relevant not just to public speaking events but also to numerous other situations such as interviews, meetings and speaking on the telephone. The pocketbook is aimed at end-users and at trainers who deliver courses on general communications and/or presentation skills. Breathing control, projection, use of emphasis, speech rate, vocal care and maintenance, vowel formation, fluency, pauses, clarity, dialect, inflection, releasing the voice and numerous other topics are covered in the book.
9781907077883 190707788X
Public speaking.
Art de parler en public.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Rhetoric.
REFERENCE--Writing Skills.
Public speaking
PN4121 / R534 2004
808.51
The vocal skills pocketbook / by Richard Payne ; drawings by Phil Hailstone. - Alresford, Hant : Management Pocketbooks, 2004. - 1 online resource : illustrations
This guide to public speaking shows all the core skills of the art, in order to develop a confident, authoritative and vital delivery in a range of varying situations. In his view, most books on the subject are aimed at the professional performer and are too technical for the average person. The Vocal Skills Pocketbook takes a practical approach and will enable individuals to analyse their speaking voices and establish what aspects they wish to improve. The advice and information will be relevant not just to public speaking events but also to numerous other situations such as interviews, meetings and speaking on the telephone. The pocketbook is aimed at end-users and at trainers who deliver courses on general communications and/or presentation skills. Breathing control, projection, use of emphasis, speech rate, vocal care and maintenance, vowel formation, fluency, pauses, clarity, dialect, inflection, releasing the voice and numerous other topics are covered in the book.
9781907077883 190707788X
Public speaking.
Art de parler en public.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Rhetoric.
REFERENCE--Writing Skills.
Public speaking
PN4121 / R534 2004
808.51