Inclusive Public Speaking

Kristina Ruiz-Mesa and Melissa Broeckelman-Post

Top Hat ISBN: 978-1-64485-377-1
eBook ISBN: 978-1-64485-146-3

First Edition

Increasingly, educators are asked to examine how teaching practices and materials critically engage with diverse student perspectives, which leads to an important question: Does your public speaking textbook reflect your students’ experiences?

Authors Kristina Ruiz-Mesa and Melissa Broeckelman-Post have examined this question in the context of their own universities and as basic course directors. The result is a theoretically-grounded text that highlights underrepresented voices and experiences.

Anyone committed to inclusion and equity in their public speaking curriculum will find an affordable, dynamic, interactive total course solution in this unique and timely offering.

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Inclusive Public Speaking in Top Hat

Inclusive Public Speaking is enhanced for interactive learning and online delivery via the Top Hat platform—a highly customizable solution for programs and individual faculty.

The text includes various assessment and discussion questions, visual elements, videos throughout the chapters, and interactive PPT slide decks.

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  1. Why Communication Matters
  2. Understanding Communication
  3. Understanding Public Speaking
  4. Presenting Yourself as a Speaker
  5. Adapting to a Diverse Audience
  6. Design and Organization
  7. Finding and Using Evidence
  8. Explaining Concepts
  9. Advocating and Persuading
  10. Critically Analyzing Messages
  11. Commemorating Important Events
  12. Communicating in Teams