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The Art of Public Speaking: Lessons from the Greatest Speeches in History
- Narrated by: John R. Hale
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Being a great public speaker can put you on the pathway to success, whether you're looking to teach, inform, persuade, or defend an idea. Yet many of us live in fear of public speaking. We experience stage fright or believe that speeches are best left to those with more intuitive talent. But nothing could be further from the truth.
As you'll learn in these 12 invaluable lectures, all it takes is confidence, practice, and the knowledge of techniques and strategies used by history's greatest public speakers, from Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King, Jr.
This insider's look at public speaking shows you three key components to help you succeed in any situation:
- How to prepare for public speaking: Learn from Patrick Henry and others how to overcome stage fright, control your voice, use humor, and personalize your delivery.
- How to craft a great speech: Learn how to build captivating speeches from people such as Susan B. Anthony and how to use stories, examples, logic, and impressive visual images.
- How to handle your audience: Learn from Gandhi and others how to focus on your audience, invite them to share your vision, and inspire them to change.
Whether you want to finally become the confident public speaker you've always wanted to be or are just looking for fresh advice on how to strengthen your skills, this inspiring course is packed with practical advice to help you learn one of the most important skills in your personal and professional life.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
What listeners say about The Art of Public Speaking: Lessons from the Greatest Speeches in History
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- David Bricker
- 04-10-19
Exactly What it Aims to Be
Not everyone has reviewed this course so positively, but the problem is a matter of managing expectations. This is an academic course, a series of engaging lectures about the art of speaking and its origins. If you're looking for a "pep talk" course about the speaking industry or a fast path to making a fortune as a motivational speaker, this isn't it. But if you're truly interested in speaking, this course offers insights and examples that will provide insight into great speeches and what makes them work (or not). John Hale has done an excellent job organizing his content and curating historical examples that support his points. His advice is all valuable, and his unspoken message - that serious practitioners of any craft should understand the history and literature that have led to contemporary practice - is worth paying attention to. As a professional speaker, I plan to slowly memorize a handful of Hale's speech selections (Gettysburg Address, Patrick Henry, etc.) and learn to deliver them artfully. If you're a speaker - an art for which there is little academic support - approach this audio book as a student and you'll find plenty of good material to use on the platform.
24 people found this helpful
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- Ron W.
- 06-16-14
Brilliant! Learn from history's success stories.
If you could sum up The Art of Public Speaking: Lessons from the Greatest Speeches in History in three words, what would they be?
Listen, Learn, Apply
What did you like best about this story?
The professor is very engaging and the examples from history were very well selected.
Each story has a purpose.
Which scene was your favorite?
Queen Elizabeth addressing the troops as an example of how to connect with your audience.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The importance of storytelling and how to apply the lesson to all your speaking.
Also, it was encouraging to hear that Mark Twain was so nervous about his major speech that he took steps to prepare (which I can apply to my own speaking as well).
Any additional comments?
This course is not only informative, but fun as well.
18 people found this helpful
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- Dana/Adam
- 01-21-15
Buyer Be Avised: It may not be what you think
This is a well-done series of lectures, but their focus is not on an analysis of the great speaches. It is about how to give a speach, and it uses excerpts of some great speaches to illustrate its how-to points on speaking. if that's what you're looking for, then give this a listen! If you want to hear the full versions of historical speaches, look elsewhere.
44 people found this helpful
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- Sam Motes
- 02-13-14
Ask what the greats can teach you
Very interesting look at the art of public speaking by looking at the greats including Gandhi, Churchill, Kennedy, Reagan, King and other from form ancient times for insight on how we can be better in the art. The academician look at the topic was an interesting twist that shows how much of the art is timeless and unchanging.
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- Yari Pagani
- 01-13-19
Understandable !!!
Is so amazing, that I have listened a few times in the same week!! .
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- Lasse
- 08-08-13
Fine book.
Where does The Art of Public Speaking: Lessons from the Greatest Speeches in History rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
The performance of the speaker in the book was great. The book was divided into 12 half hours lectures, that did i found great.
The book was technical about how a speech is build up, and how to use the diffrent element in a speech.
I will rank this book in the middel of the "self learning" book i have listened to so far.
If you’ve listened to books by The Great Courses before, how does this one compare?
I have not listened to other books in "The Great Courses" before.
Which scene was your favorite?
I did like that the narrator used old speeches, from a lot of famous people, like Martin L. King, Lincoln, Churchill and many more. Then he analyse the speeches to see what was good and what was bad in the speeches.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
The book was spilt into 12 half hours lectures, wich made it easy to listen to, and easy to find a spot for pause, if you wanted to do that.
Any additional comments?
I thought that this book was more about, how to make a presentation of some study you have made, more than how a speech is built up and how to use the diffrenrent thing in a speech, but it was OK to hear about, and i learned som new stuff.
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- Mark
- 12-27-13
Fair to middling
This audiobook is a series of lectures looking at history's most memorable speeches. It is a good analysis of those speeches and helps us to understand the elements which combine to make great oratory. He helps us to understand the different strategies that should be used for different purposes. So, for example, Ghandi used 'logos' or logic to prove his point when he was on trial for his life, whilst Martin Luther King appealed to the emotions when he gave his iconic 'I have a dream' speech.
Whilst this analysis is interesting, there is a slight conflict of interests within the book which doesn't work so well. The lecturer is supposedly trying to teach us how to be better public speakers, but to this he draws his lessons from speeches made by history's heavyweight orators made at pivotal moments in the World's history, such as Churchill's 'Blood, sweat and tears' speech and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. This is slightly comical, as the average listener buying this self-help lecture series will likely do no more than give a best-man speech at a wedding.
Despite this qualm, the audiobook is interesting and worth a listen.
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- David E Logue
- 12-27-19
Good history lesson but not as advertised.
An academic history lesson here and very little substance here on public speaking. I guess you should expect that from someone from academia and someone with an archaeology background. Title is a bit misleading and if you want to learn about public speaking, skip this one. The title that would be more appropriate, is great speeches from history but not the art of public speaking.
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- Rob
- 08-06-18
Well Structured Outline
This audiobook covers a lot of ground in all the various ways you can deliver a public speech. By showing the pro's and con's of the various "great speeches" I have been able to implement these lessons into my daily life.
The way the course is structured is well thought out and kept me engaged all the time.
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- Drew Adams
- 11-01-15
absolutely wonderful
well done all around. the lecturer did an amazing job conveying the information. i didnt want it to end... it just felt like it was over so quickly.
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- Mr. J. A. Ball
- 05-25-20
Useful for any public speaker
I've been doing public speaking for years and it's not common to come across too many good resources. However, this course, as with many other of The Great Courses series is a valuable resource and reference for public speakers both new and experienced.
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- Stuart Sorensen
- 08-20-17
Really interesting and useful stuff
I've been a public speaker for years and this little set of lectures taught me so much I didn't know. Worth every penny!
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- RAUL
- 01-31-15
Inspirational for you who give speeches
Provides vivid examples andclear rules for good speeches. The rest is up to using it. With this I mean that the examples and rules are good indeed, but there is still much work to translate your own subject and objective in rhe form of a good speech.
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- C. D. GRIFFITHS
- 05-14-21
Thoroughly recommended!
I enjoyed this as it was well researched, written and read. Thoroughly recommended. No real negatives.
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- Michael Boyd
- 12-02-19
useful and enjoyable
i enjoyed this. it was a little slow going at parts but i got a lot out of it
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- Lynn
- 03-31-19
strongly recommended !
Great Question to get to Kno about the most eminent public speeches, their contextwhile learning how to craft a powerful speech !
The format offered is a speech itself that is great to listen to !
thanks!
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- JR
- 12-31-18
An essential part of the Speaker’s Toolkit
A very helpful manual to which I will be referring to, covering many important points. Thank you John Hale.
It would have added variety and more interest to the presentation, for the speeches to have been done by other voices, in addition to that of the narrator, but still, it was a very informative listen.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-20-18
Too Old School. First chapters great though
The start of the book is amazing.
But for me personally---- possibly not for everyone else.
The very old school language is a difficult barrier to overcome.Some good key examples of works
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- Anonymous User
- 04-10-22
Concise and bang on for information!!!
The notes are concise and easy to follow.
The lectures are kept to the point and short. They are easy to follow with the notes printed.
I developed ideas for my next speech as I was doing this course.
I found it a great self-paced course to improving one of the most important skills needed today: public speaking!
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- D V.
- 11-17-21
Inspirational
Great analysis of excellent speeches. Already putting some of these methods into practice. Highly recommended
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- Anonymous User
- 01-02-21
WOW... Talk about inspiring
This is an outstanding presentation! I have crippling performance anxiety butJohn Hale has managed to convince me that I can be an engaging speaker if I’m prepared to put the work in.
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-08-20
Great teaching book
interesting book to have ideas and knowledge about public speaking - learning from great speakers about speeches that portray, either individually or collectively, logos, ethos and pathos. the narrator was fantastic and mimicked speeches marvelously. I tried to listen to it 30 minutes daily, to make each idea sink - was challenging as I missed a lot of days, but finally done :)!!!
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- Paul
- 08-31-19
Six star
Brilliant, listened to it twice in a row, the cleanest, clearest voice I've heard on audible, on top of that the lessons learned from these lectures are top notch.
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- Bradley
- 11-06-18
Excellent speech training
Very easy to understand and simple well explained ideas that can be used to improve your speech
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- Anonymous User
- 06-16-18
good, nice and easy to listen to.
i will listen to it again. he sets a good example of how to speak.