The
Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking
This is Dorothy Carnegie's summary of her book, from 1962, which is based on Dale Carnegie's Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business, from 1931.
Table of Contents
1.
Fundamentals
of Effective Speaking
2.
Speech,
Speaker, and Audience
3.
The
Purpose of Prepared and Impromptu Talks
4.
The Art of
Communicating
5.
The
Challenge of Effective Speaking
Part One
Fundamentals of Effective Speaking
1. Acquiring the Basic Skills
- Take
heart from the experience of others
- Keep your
goal before you
- Predetermine
your mind to success
- Seize
every opportunity to practice
2. Developing Confidence
- Get the
facts about fear of speaking in public
- Prepare
in the proper way
- Predetermine
your mind to success
- Act
confident
3. Speaking Effectively the Quick and Easy Way
- Speaking
about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience
or study
- Be sure
you are excited about your subject
- Be eager
to share your talk with your listeners
Part Two
Speech, Speaker, and Audience
4. Earning the Right to Talk
- Limit
your subject
- Develop
reserve power
- Fill your
talk with illustrations and examples
- Use
concrete, familiar words that create pictures
5. Vitalizing the Talk
- Choose
subjects you are earnest about
- Relive
the Feelings you have about your topic
- Act in
earnest
6. Sharing the Talk with the Audience
- Talk in
terms of your listeners' interests
- Give
honest, sincere appreciation
- Identify
yourself with the audience
- Make your
audience a partner in your talk
- Play yourself
down
Part Three
The Purpose of Prepared and Impromptu Talks
7. Making the Short Talk to Get Action
- Give your
example, an incident from your life
- State
your point, what you want the audience to do
- Give the
reason or benefit the audience may expect
8. Making the Talk to Inform
- Restrict
your subject to fit the time at your disposal
- Arrange
your ideas in sequence
- Enumerate
your points as you make them
- Compare
the strange with the familiar
- Use
visual aids
9. Making the Talk to Convince
- Win confidence
by deserving it
- Get a
Yes-response
- Speakin
with contagious enthusiasm
- Show
respect and affection for your audience
- Begin in
a friendly way
10. Making Impromptu Talks
- Practice
impromptu speaking
- Be
mentally ready to speak impromptu
- Get into
an example immediately
- Speak
with animation and force
- Use the
principle of the Here and the Now
- Don't
talk impromptu--Give an impromptu talk
Part Four
The Art of Communicating
11. Delivering the Talk
- Crash
through your shell of self-consciousness
- Don't
try to imitate others--Be yourself
- Converse
with your audience
- Put
your heart into your speaking
- Practice
making your voice strong and flexible
Part Five
The Challenge of Effective Speaking
12. Introducing Speakers, Presenting and Accepting Awards
- Thoroughly
prepare what you are going to say
- Follow
the T-I-S Formula
- Be
enthusiastic
- Thoroughly
prepare the talk of presentation
- Express
your sincere feelings in the talk of acceptance
13. Organizing the Longer Talk
- Get
attention immediately
- Avoid getting
unfavorable attention
- Support
your main ideas
- Appeal
for action
14. Applying What You Have Learned
- Use
specific detail in everyday conversation
- Use
effective speaking techniques in your job
- Seek
Opportunities to speak in public
- You must
persist
- Keep the
certainty of reward before you