We had a great time selecting pictures for the new book. This is one of
my favorites, depicting Theodore Roosevelt on the stump. It comes at
the beginning of the chapter on Delivering Your Speech Effectively (p.
294). Teddy is probably a little too intense for today's audiences! I
also like the hats people wore back then!
Preparing Future Faculty is a great program designed to prepare new
Ph.D.'s for careers at a variety of different kinds of
institutions. One of our co-authors, Patty Andrews, directed the
PFF program in the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana
University.
Visit the Preparing Future Faculty website for more information, resources, and useful links.
Visit the Preparing Future Faculty website for more information, resources, and useful links.
Glen Willliams has prepared an outstanding guide to using the DVD that accompanies Public Speaking and Civic Engagement. We welcome any comments or suggestions for making this resource even more useful. Here is the link:
I've just been notified that copies of the new book have arrived at the
publisher and will be available at the National Communication
Association conference in Chicago. Yipeee! Hope to hear from some
readers/users soon!
It
came from the fact that orators on the American frontier often
delivered speeches, literally, from the stumps of felled trees.
Welcome to the new weblog for discussions about the new public speaking
textbook, Public Speaking and Civic Engagement. We're excited about the
possibilities for this interactive venue for discussion of our new
textbook, and we look forward to your comments and suggestions.
Mike Hogan
Mike Hogan
