Public Speaking

This new edition includes insight into how to avoid microaggressions when public speaking and information to advance remote presentation skills. No doubt there is racial tension and racial strife in the world today, and some of those tensions are obvious and affect us to the core emotionally. There is work to be done. Different from the obvious are more subtle insults known as microaggressions. A new chapter in this edition speaks about how to avoid them not only because of the need to include each person in the audience when speaking, but also because avoiding them is the right thing to do. The chapter defines and explains microaggressions, points out the importance of respecting different points of view, provides a chart of microaggressions to avoid, and offers ways to be inclusive. This new edition also includes insight into ways to advance knowledge and skills for delivering remote presentations. The signs of time have catapulted speakers and presenters of different platforms into the world of remote presenting. Universities, corporations, medical institutions, and other places have implemented remote presentations. At one time public speaking skills were a must, and such skills still are a must with the added necessity of knowing about and building skills for doing remote presentations. All of the essential considerations of public speaking need to be learned and integrated into the art and science of public speaking, presenting, and remote presenting. The chapter defines and explains the terminology of remote presentations, points out challenges, offers tools, and talks about ways to adapt speech delivery.