Public speaking: an important, ethically based, learned communication event -- Preparing your first speech and coping with nervousness -- Listening critically to speeches -- Determining your speech goal -- Finding, recording and using information -- Adapting to audiences -- Organizing speech material -- Creating visual aids -- Practicing speech wording -- Practicing speech delivery -- Principles of informative speaking -- Practicing informative-speaking skills -- Principles of persuasive speaking -- Practicing persuasive-speaking skills -- Adapting to special occasions -- Leading problem-solving groups

1. Public Speaking