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4. How long have I got?
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Prologue ix
- 1. Value- added speech 1
- 2. Eloquence everywhere 7
- 3. Knowing how 12
- 4. How long have I got? 20
- 5. Where will I be? 27
- 6. Who am I talking to? (To whom am I talking?) 37
- 7. Who am I talking to – abroad? 47
- 8. What to say? 57
- 9. When do you say it? 65
- 10. How do they do it? The memory game 75
- 11. How do they do it? The rule of three 85
- 12. How do they do it? Weight control 95
- 13. How do they do it? Order, order 101
- 14. How do they do it? Variation 108
- 15. How do they do it? Being natural 118
- 16. Sounding – natural 126
- 17. Rates of exchange 135
- 18. The melody lingers on 144
- 19. Build- ups, beats, and breaks 153
- 20. Paralanguage 163
- 21. Mind your technology 171
- 22. Talking about content . . . 180
- 23. Reading it 193
- 24. Nerve ending 203
- 25. Homo eloquens 213
- Appendix 1. Obama’s victory speech delivered at Grant Park, Chicago, 4 November 2008 220
- Appendix 2. Martin Luther King’s speech delivered at the March on Washington, 28 August 1963 228
- Endnotes 234
- Further reading 236
- Index of personalities 238
- Index of subjects 240
- Illustration credits 244
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Prologue ix
- 1. Value- added speech 1
- 2. Eloquence everywhere 7
- 3. Knowing how 12
- 4. How long have I got? 20
- 5. Where will I be? 27
- 6. Who am I talking to? (To whom am I talking?) 37
- 7. Who am I talking to – abroad? 47
- 8. What to say? 57
- 9. When do you say it? 65
- 10. How do they do it? The memory game 75
- 11. How do they do it? The rule of three 85
- 12. How do they do it? Weight control 95
- 13. How do they do it? Order, order 101
- 14. How do they do it? Variation 108
- 15. How do they do it? Being natural 118
- 16. Sounding – natural 126
- 17. Rates of exchange 135
- 18. The melody lingers on 144
- 19. Build- ups, beats, and breaks 153
- 20. Paralanguage 163
- 21. Mind your technology 171
- 22. Talking about content . . . 180
- 23. Reading it 193
- 24. Nerve ending 203
- 25. Homo eloquens 213
- Appendix 1. Obama’s victory speech delivered at Grant Park, Chicago, 4 November 2008 220
- Appendix 2. Martin Luther King’s speech delivered at the March on Washington, 28 August 1963 228
- Endnotes 234
- Further reading 236
- Index of personalities 238
- Index of subjects 240
- Illustration credits 244