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Contains strategies and warm-up exercises designed to help students in grades four through eight improve their oral presentation skills.

Presents a series of frameworks designed to help storytellers improve their skills, discussing the transfer of mental imagery through oral language; and exploring the storyteller's relationships with each feature of the storytelling triangle.

Examines the methods of famous public speakers, among them Francis Bacon, Mark Twain, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Whether a novice or an experienced speaker, every student will learn how to be a better public speaker through Lucas' clear explanations and thorough coverage.

Provides practical advice and strategies to improve audience engagement and interaction during presentations, offering over ninety tips, and explaining how to establish an interactive tone, use Twitter and text messaging, make eye contact, recover from failed attempts at humor, and more.

Explores the use of digital tools for performing and creating speeches, demonstrations, and collaborative learning experiences.

Because she is afraid to read an essay aloud in English class, young Patricia is invited to take Mr.

A guide to public speaking that provides information about key components of successful speeches, competitive speaking events, and venues for developing speaking skills.

Provides a step-by-step method that anyone can use to create, design, and deliver a TED (technology, entertainment, and design) style presentation that is engaging, persuasive, and memorable.

Examines Abraham Lincoln's pre-presidential address at Cooper Union, New York, in February 1860, placing the speech in the context of the times and discussing how Lincoln used the speech to continue his debates with rival Democrat Stephen A.

A child provides insights, based on personal experience, into everything that can go wrong if one brings an alligator to school for show-and-tell.

Explains the importance of public speaking in community leadership, and provides advice on choosing a cause and a speaking opportunity, research, organizing and preparing the speech, visual materials, practice, and presentation techniques.

Provides practical tips and guidance to help individuals become poised and professional public speakers, featuring case studies that discuss the world's renowned orators, and including advice to overcome stage fright, develop a personal style, and engage any audience within one minute.

Presents the tools needed to find, organize, and share information in an oral presentation, from understanding the assignment and researching the topic, to deciding how to convey the information and what visual aids to use.