Oral Communication and Public Speaking Skills for Professionals

Oral communication and public speaking skills are of paramount importance to any professional who is seeking to acquire a foothold in 21th century's highly competitive business world. Nonetheless, few books and text materials are dedicated to address practical problems of relevance to skilled professionals, such as engineers, doctors, academic teaching staff and professionals who are working in other specialist fields and disciplines. This book is principally written as a supplement, as well as a complementary guide to related courses at the university level. Nonetheless, it can be used as an independent problem-solving text in its field of specialty. The manuscript targets university students, postgraduate candidates, engineers, general practitioners, working professionals, and general educators in other related fields. It needs to be stressed upon that communication competence requires ongoing practice, continuous training, and making available the opportunities for it to flourish and grow. This book's stages follow a pattern of self-education and improvement, communication planning, preparation and pattern development, presentation, performance evaluation and assessment.