Basic Public Speaking, 2nd Edition-   The Roadmap to Confident Communications 

Douglas Parker, M.Ed.

Reflections on the Author and Basic Public Speaking:

Laced with humor, tips, tricks and techniques.  Reviewer: Midwest Book Review.

Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Douglas Parker's Basic Public Speaking continues to offer the reader with an informative, accessible, succinct, and practical "how to" manual for acquiring skills, expertise and confidence in addressing the public from small informal groups to large, auditorium filled, formal gatherings.  The informative and "user friendly" text is laced with humor, tips, tricks and techniques that will improve and strengthen any public speaking performance no matter how inexperienced the reader.  Indeed, there is much of value within the pages of Basic Public Speaking for even the more experienced public speaker -- especially when moving on to new and unfamiliar venues for public speaking including media events and the technologies of teleconferencing.

Rated:  Five out of Five Stars!

 

My school, along with countless others uses Basic Public Speaking as our main textbook for teaching speaking skills in our Language Arts Department.  I have seen hundreds of students over the years benefit from using Mr. Parker's work.  It is sound, helpful, and amusing.  It doesn't talk down to students, nor over their heads.  Instead, it chats informally with them and invites them to come along for a ride that will be fun.  Beyond that, it is full of practical, graduated in difficulty experiences and evaluative tools.  Here is a book that is crying out to be expanded and marketed so that it reaches a wider audience.  Without reservation, I highly recommend it for your school or program.  

Mr. Parker's publication, Basic Public Speaking, was a highly successful precursor to this present public speaking treatise.  Written in a second person voice, it is an informative, easy-to-follow text, which is liberally sprinkled with refreshing and appropriate humor.  This new title offers even more firsthand tips and group tactics for the novice speech student as well as the seasoned elocutionist.  I highly recommend it for every student’s backpack!   

There is no better book on the market for everyone who wants to learn how to speak with confidence.  This book works as brilliantly in the classroom as a primary textbook as it does in the business community as a professional development tool.  I highly recommend it!  

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