Part One: The Foundations of Public Speaking  
Chapter 1: Discovering Your Voice  
Chapter 2: Understand and Managing Your Fear of Speaking  
Chapter 3: Preparing, Practicing and Presenting Your First Speech 
Chapter 4: The importance of listening

Part Two: Preparation for Public Speaking  
Chapter 5: Understanding Your Audience and the Occasion 
Chapter 6: Selecting Your Topic  
Chapter 7: Building Responsible Knowledge  
Chapter 8: Supporting Your Ideas  
Chapter 9: Developing and Structuring Your Speech 

Part Three: Developing Presentation Skills  
Chapter 10: Presentation Aids  
Chapter 11: Putting Words to Work  
Chapter 12: Delivering Your Speech 

Part Four: Types of Public Speaking 

Chapter 13: Enlightening Discourse  
Chapter 14: Convincing Discourse
Chapter 15: Persuasion in Controversy  
Chapter 16: Ceremonial Speaking on Special Occasions  
Appendix A: Communicating in Small Groups  
Appendix B: Speeches for Analysis