Description
If your experience is typical, it's likely your throat tightens, your mouth dries up, and your knees turn to jelly when you face the prospect of speaking in public. However, one of the facts of life today is that both job-related demands and involvement in community and church activities are routinely placing people in situations where they are called upon to address others usually as individuals who know more about their subject than the audience they are addressing.
It is possible to face that challenge with confidence. An experienced communicator, as speaker, writer, minister, and musician, Wanda Vassallo knows that public speaking becomes much easier when care and attention are paid to detail. Speaking with Confidence provides the basis for that care and attention, as it prepares the reader to address a group of virtually any size.
While the speaker's performance determines how the speech is received, the author knows preparation before the speech is the crucial factor behind an impressive presentation. She helps speakers gain confidence in themselves, showing them how to overcome stagefright, and providing a variety of tips (both physical and mental), and exercises. The mechanics of speech-vocal pitch, vocal level, breathing, and diction-are addressed, as are such considerations as audio-visual aids, the importance of audience analysis by the speaker, body language... much more. Checklists, instructive forms, and a section on conducting meetings complete this useful guidebook.
A resident of Dallas, Wanda Vassallo continues to be in demand as a speaker at seminars, civic meetings, and church organizations
