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"Public Speaking for College & Career supports the skills students need to succeed in the course and in their future careers, across the growing range of public speaking contexts. Informed by the latest research, the twelfth edition provides students with practical guidance and fresh examples that are anchored in students' real-world experiences. These features are supported by a suite of personalized study tools, customizable assessments, and interactive learning resources in McGraw Hill Connect"--

Public Speaking for College & Career supports the skills students need to succeed in the course and in their future careers, across the growing range of public speaking contexts. Informed by the latest research, the twelfth edition provides students with practical guidance and fresh examples that are anchored in students’ real-world experiences.

Public Speaking for College & Career is an integrated program that helps students practice, build confidence, and achieve success in public speaking, both in the classroom and beyond. Connect Public Speaking provides students a wealth of resources to prepare and plan speeches, while LearnSmart--McGraw-Hill’s proven adaptive learning system--guides them toward mastery of key course concepts. Additionally, Connect’s highly flexible speech capture tool saves instructors valuable time in managing assignments and evaluating student speeches. Taking a practical, accessible, and non-intimidating approach to public speaking, Public Speaking for College & Career presents numerous stories, examples, activities, and concrete techniques to show students how to achieve clarity and confidence during the speeches they must give in college, in their careers, and in their communities.

With its wealth of student and work-oriented examples, this trusted text offers a practical, accessible, and non-intimidating approach to public speaking. The new edition includes many fresh examples and sample speeches, as well as "A Brief Guide to Using PowerPoint" and current information on Internet research.