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On Speaking Well by Peggy Noonan
What William Zinssers On Writing Well does for the written word, On Speaking Well, an indispensable primer on writing and giving a speech, does for the spoken word. Here, acclaimed presidential speech writer Peggy Noonan shares her secrets to becoming a confident, persuasive speaker.
Complete with lesson, tips and memorable examples, On Speaking Well will help your students: - Find their authentic voice - Develop a text that interests them - Ace the all-important first paragraph - Use logic to move their audience- Create, develop, and reinvent the core speech for diverse audiences - Strengthen their speeches with a vital element: humor - Winnow their thoughts down to the essentials- Handle professional jargon, clich s, and the sound bite syndrome- Respect simplicity and clarity--big ideas need small words - Present their speeches in the best way - Break all the rules and still succeed
Peggy Noonan was a special assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1984 to 1986; in 1988, she was chief speechwriter to Vice President George Bush during his campaign for presidency; in 1989, she left Washington, D.C., for her native New York, where she completed her first book, the bestselling What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Years. Since that time, her articles and essays have appeared in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, and many other publications. She is also author of The Case Against Hillary Clinton, a #1 New York Times bestseller. Currently, she is a columnist and contributing editor at The Wall Street Journal and a political contributor for Fox News. She lives in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780060987404 |
| ISBN 10 | 0060987405 |
| Title | On Speaking Well |
| Author | Peggy Noonan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 1999-02-17 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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