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Handouts
All of the handouts are available as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
General Speech Information
- Speech Handouts
- Attention-getters
- A.U.D.I.E.N.C.E Analysis - It's your key to success
- Transitions
- Visual Aids
- APA Samples
Introductory Speech
- Speech Handouts
- Introductory Speech Information
- Criteria for Introductory Speeches - Grading Rubric
- Introductory Speech Worksheet
Informative Speech
- Speech Handouts
- Informative Speech Preparation Checklist
- Developing a speech topic for Speech 100
- Tips for a better informative speech
- Informative Speech Evaluation - Instructor's Rubric
- Informative Speech Evaluation - Student's Rubric
- Informative Speech Presentation Checklist
- Formal Outline
- Formal Outline Worksheet
- Informative Speech Outline Evaluation - Instructor's Rubric
- Informative Speech Outline Samples
- In-class Informative Outlines
- Spring 2003 (1)
- Spring 2003 (2)
- Winter 2004
- Spring 2004
- Winter 2006 (4:30 class)
- Winter 2006 (7:00 class)
- Spring 2006 (7:00 class)
- Winter 2007 (9am class)
- Winter 2007 (10am class)
Persuasive Speech
- Persuasive Speech Handouts
- Persuasive Speech Preparation Checklist
- General Information
- Formal Outline Worksheet
- Monroe's Motivated Sequence Worksheet
- Persuasive Speech Evaluation - Instructor's Rubric
- Persuasive Speech Evaluation - Student's Rubric
- In-class Persuasive Outlines
- Winter 2003
- Fall 2003
- Winter 2004
- Spring 2004
Web Links
- Lenny Laskowski's A.U.D.I.E.N.C.E. Analysis
- [Corporate] Lenny provides a very good acrostic for analyzing your audience.
- University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies
- Links and resources for speeches and speachmakers.
- Cultural Bridges between Japan and the West
- [Corporate] An interesting corporate site providing information on protocol and business
practice differences in Japan versus the West.
- Wordsmyth - The Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
- The Wordsmyth Collaboratory, a nonprofit organization devoted to enhancing language learning worldwide.
- Self-Disclosure and the Johari Window
- The Johari Window provides a self-assessment and scoring procedure that you can use to
learn more about yourself with regard to self-disclosure levels and comfort. (courtesy of
James Roiger, PhD, University of Arkansas at Monticello.)
- Allyn & Bacon Communication Studies Website
- This is a book publisher's site that has significant resources for communication studies, public speaking, small group communication, interpersonal communication, and more.
- The Center for Productive Communication
- Texas Christian University's M.J. Neeley School of Business' website with many interesting areas. Be sure to review the topics in "Handouts."
- Highline Community College Library Weblinks
- Selected websites by subject chosen by the HCC library staff.
- The Art of Public Speaking
- Stephen Lucas, the author of this book, has developed this website along with McGraw-Hill for both students and faculty. The student section also contains numerous resources as well as the Online Training Center.
- Frederick Douglass Archives of American Public Address
- An electronic archive of American oratory and related documents. It is maintained by Northwestern University and is intended to serve general scholarship and courses in American rhetorical history. Excellent resource for reviewing speeches.
- Toastmasters International
- The club to belong to for becoming an excellent public speaker.
- Body Language and Business
- Nazareno, A. (July 12, 2004). Body language can send crucial, lasting signals about you. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. pE3.