Effective communication is of immense significance to all organizations as the professional world thrives on its capacity to be articulate and expressive, innovative and improvising. The book, based on the vast and variegated experience of the authors gathered while training thousands of aspiring professionals, discusses how to hone the career management skills such as writing good resumés, presenting oneself in job interviews, and making a good impression in group discussions.

The text explains in detail all the elements of communication, for example, different types of speeches, group discussions and interviews. The book also deals with the art of developing a speech in a planned manner, preparing an outline, and writing catchy introductions and emphatic conclusions. In addition, it shows how to combat nervousness in a scientific manner, and use microphones and lecterns.

Contents:
Part I—FUNDAMENTALS OF EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SPEAKING
1 Public Speaking: An Overview
2 Combating Nervousness
3 Listening Effectively
4 Using Body and Voice to Communicate
Part II—PREPARING, ORGANIZING AND DELIVERING THE CONTENTS
5 Preparing and Organizing the Message
6 Sizing up Your Audience
7 Preparing an Outline
8 Using Audio-Visual Aids
9 Supporting Material for Speeches
Part III—SPEAKING TO A LARGE GROUP
10 Casting Effective Introduction and Conclusion
11 Speaking on Special Occasions
12 Speaking to Inform
13 Persuading without Pushing
14 Using Humour and Wit
15 Speeches for Analysis and Discussion
Part IV—PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT
16 Placing Mind over Matters: Interviews
17 Shoring up in Group Discussion
Appendix A Sounds of English
Appendix B Sample Interviews
Appendix C Sample Group Discussion
Index

Gives a number of sample speeches, model interviews, model group discussions.

Provides cartoons and illustrations throughout the text that make the book interesting to read.

Gives tips to employ body language, audio-visual aids, humour, wit, and quotations.

Contains in-depth discussion on communication anxiety and its management.

Intended primarily for courses in public speaking, communicative English and managerial communication, this practical text should also be of great utility and worth to students who have to appear for civil services examination at the interview and those pursuing professional courses in their group discussion part. Finally, it would be of help to all those who wish to engage themselves in debates and public speaking.