Public Speaking and Influencing Men In Business (ISBN 0-7661-6973-1) is a 1937 revision of Dale Carnegie's 1926 book Public Speaking: a Practical Course for Business Men. Dorothy Carnegie produced 2 separate revised editions: How to Develop Self-Confidence and Influence People by Public Speaking (1956), aimed at the general public, and The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking (1962), as a replacement textbook for the Dale Carnegie Course. A more recent revised edition is Public Speaking for Success (2005), revised by Arthur Pell, which restores content that was left out of the Dorothy Carnegie-revised works.
Public Speaking: a Practical Course for Business Men, Public Speaking and Influencing Men In Business, and The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking served as standard textbooks in the Dale Carnegie Course.
The main focus of this book is to present a thorough understanding of the principles of public speaking, as well as guidance into conquering the fears attributed to public speaking.
Contents
Contents
Developing Courage and Self Confidence
Self-Confidence thru Preparation
How Famous Speakers Prepared Their Addresses
The Improvement of Memory
Keeping the Audience Awake
Essential Elements in Successful Speaking
The Secret of Good Delivery
Platform Presence and Personality
How to Open a Talk
Capturing Your Audience at Once
How to Close a Talk
How to Make your Meaning Clear
How to Be Impressive and Convincing
How to Interest your Audience
How to Get Action
Improving your Diction
Appendices
Acres of Diamond by Russell Conwell
A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen