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The Art of Public Speaking

Esenwein, J. Berg

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Chapters

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00 - Things to Think of First - A Foreword (5:49)
01 - Acquiring Confidence Before an Audience (13:31)
02 - The Sin of Monotony (9:57)
03 - Efficiency Through Emphasis And Subordination (20:27)
04 - Efficiency Through Change of Pitch (24:35)
05 - Efficiency through Change of Pace (31:29)
06 - Pause and Power (27:10)
07 - Efficiency Through Inflection (29:50)
08 - Concentration in Delivery (11:52)
09 - Force (24:16)
10 - Feeling and Enthusiasm (25:03)
11 - Fluency through Preparation (14:02)
12 - The Voice (15:25)
13 - Voice Charm (19:55)
14 - Distinctness And Precision Of Utterance (24:05)
15 - The Truth about Gesture (26:52)
16 - Methods Of Delivery (27:49)
17 - Thought and Reserve Power (28:03)
18 - Subject and Preparation (32:45)
19 - Influencing by Exposition (27:07)
20 - Influencing by Description (39:26)
21 - Influencing by Narration (30:34)
22 - Influencing by Suggestion (36:53)
23 - Influencing by Argument (29:32)
24 - Influencing by Persuasion (29:20)
25 - Influencing the Crowd (27:58)
26 - Riding the Winged Horse (24:51)
27 - Growing a Vocabulary (18:52)
28 - Memory Training (23:32)
29 - Right Thinking and Personality (12:24)
30 - After-Dinner and Other Occasional Speaking (21:37)
31 - Making Conversation ERffective (12:02)
32 - App. A: Fifty Questions for Debate (6:52)
33 - App. B: Thirty Themes for Speeches (5:21)
34 - App. C: Suggestive Subjects for Speeches (13:58)
35 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - Newell Dwight Hillis (33:24)
36 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - Henry Watterson (5:15)
37 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - John Morley (29:30)
38 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - Robert Toombs (20:07)
39 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - Theodore Roosevelt (25:50)
40 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - Alton B. Parker (3:56)
41 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - John W. Wescott (5:54)
42 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - Henry W. Grady (49:40)
43 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - William McKinley (17:14)
44 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - John Hay (20:51)
45 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - William Jennings Bryan (56:44)
46 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - Rufus Choate (20:49)
47 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - Albert J. Beveridge (48:23)
48 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - Russell Conwel (1:12:06)
49 - App. D: Speeches for Study and Practice - Victor Hugo (8:09)

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