Training in public speaking is not a matter of externals, primarily; it is not a matter of imitation, fundamentally; it is not a matter of conformity to standards, at all. Public speaking is public utterance, public issuance, of the man himself. The first thing for the beginner in public speaking is to speak, not to study voice and gesture and the rest.
Once he has spoken he can improve himself by self-observation or according to the criticisms of those who hear. But how shall he be able to criticise himself? A Person can simply find out three things: What are the qualities which by common consent go to make up an effective speaker to know how good he is at public speaking; by what means at least some of these qualities may be acquired; and what wrong habits of speech in himself work against his acquiring and using the qualities which he finds to be good. This best seller and evergreen book by renowned self help books author Dale Carnegie will help any normal person to be an effective Public Speaker and achieve success in all spheres of life.

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Contents

A Foreword — Pgs. 5

The Art of Public Speaking — Pgs. 7

1. Acquiring Confidence Before an Audience — Pgs. 11

2. The Sin of Monotony — Pgs. 17

3. Efficiency through Emphasis and Subordination — Pgs. 21

4. Efficiency through Change of Pitch — Pgs. 27

5. Efficiency through Change of Pace — Pgs. 32

6. Pause and Power — Pgs. 37

7. Efficiency through Inflection — Pgs. 45

8. Concentration in Delivery — Pgs. 49

9. Force — Pgs. 53

10. Feeling and Enthusiasm — Pgs. 61

11. Fluency through Preparation — Pgs. 67

12. The Voice — Pgs. 72

13. Voice Charm — Pgs. 80

14. Distinctness and Precision of Utterance — Pgs. 90

15. The Truth about Gesture — Pgs. 95

16. Methods of Delivery — Pgs. 104

17. Thought and Reserve Power — Pgs. 113

18. Subject and Preparation — Pgs. 122

19. Influencing by Exposition — Pgs. 134

20. Influencing by Description — Pgs. 144

21. Influencing by Narration — Pgs. 158

22. Influencing by Suggestion — Pgs. 169

23. Influencing by Argument — Pgs. 182

24. Influencing by Persuasion — Pgs. 187

25. Influencing the Crowd — Pgs. 194

26. Riding the Winged Horse — Pgs. 200

27. Growing a Vocabulary — Pgs. 209

28. Memory Training — Pgs. 217

29. Right Thinking and Personality — Pgs. 226

30. After-dinner and other Occasional Speaking — Pgs. 231

31. Making Conversation Effective — Pgs. 234

Dale Breckenridge Carnegie (November 24, 1888 - November 1, 1955) was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills. Born in poverty, Carnegie was the author of 'How to Win Friends and Influence People', first published in 1936, a massive bestseller that remains popular even today. He also wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln, titled 'Lincoln the Unknown', as well as several other books. Carnegie was an early proponent of what is now called responsibility assumption, although this only appears minutely in his written work. One of the core ideas in his books is that it is possible to k change other people's behaviour by changing one's reaction to them.