Today, the Dale Carnegie courses circle meglobe and the validity of Dale Carnegie's concept is attested to by thousands of his students everywhere,men and women from every walk of life, who havesuccessfully improved their speaking as well as theirpersonal effectiveness.

Introduction

Part One／Fundamentals ofEffective Speaking

1 Acquiring the Basic Skills

 Take Heartfrom the Experience of Others

 Keep Your Goal Before You

 Predeterminc Your Mind to Success 

 Seize Every Opportunity to practice 

2 Developing Confidence

 Get the Facts About Fear ofSpeaking

 in Public 

 Prepare in the Proper Way 

 predetermine Your Mind to Success 

 Act Confident

3 Speaking Effectively the Quick

 and Easy Way

 Speak About Something You Have Earned

 the Right to孔z服About Through Experience

 or Study

 Be Sure You Are Excited About Your Subject 

 Be Eager to Share Your Talk with

 Your Listeners

Part Two／Speech，Speaker，and Audience

4 Earning the eight to Tall

 Limit Your Subject

 Develop Reserve Power

 Fill Your Talk with Illustrations

 and Examples

 Use Concrete, Familiar Words That

 Create Pictures

5 Vitalizing the Talk

 Choose Subjects You Are Earnest About

 Relive the Feelings You Have About

 Your Topic

 Act in Earnest

6 Sharing the Talk with the Audience

 Talk in Terms of Your Listeners' Interests

 Give Honest, Sincere Appreciation

 Identify Yourself with the Audience

 Make Your Audience a Partner in Your

 Talk

 Play Yourself Down

Part Three / The Purpose of Prepared and Impromptu Talks

7 Making the Short Talk to Get Action

 Give Your Example, an Incident

 from Your Life

 State Your Point, What You Want the

 Audience to Do

 Give the Reason or Benefit the Audience

 May Expect

8 Making the Talk to Inform

 Restrict Your SubJect to Fit the Time

 at Your Disposal

 Arrange Your Ideas in Sequence

 Enumerate Your Points as You Make Them 

 Compare the Strange with the Familiar

 Use Visual Aids "

 Making the Talk to Convince

 Win Confidence by Deserving It

 Get a Yes - Response

 Speak with Contagious Enthusiasm

 Show Respect and Affection for

 Your Audience

 Begin in a Friendly Way

10 Making Impromptu Talks

  Practice Impromptu Speaking

  Be Mentally Ready to Speak Impromptu 

  Get into an Example Immediately

  Speak with Animation and Force

  Use the Principle of the Here and Now

  Don't Talk Impromptu--

  Give an Impromptu Talk

Part Four / The Art of Communicating

11 Delivering the Talk

  Crash Through Your Shell

  of Self- Consciousness

  Don't Try to Imitate Others--Be Yourself

  Converse with Your Audience

  Put Your Heart into Your Speaking

  Practice Making Your Voice Strong

  and Flexible

Part Five / The Challenge of Effective Speakin

12 Introducing Speakers,Presenting

  and Accepting Awards

  Thoroughly Prepare What You Are

  Going to say

  Follow the T - I - S Formula

  Be Enthusiastic

  Be Warmly Sincere

  Thoroughly Prepare the Talk

  of Presentation

  Express Your Sincere Feelings in the Talk

  of Acceptance

13 Organizing the Longer Talk

  Get Attention Immediately

  Avoid Getting Unfavorable Attention

  Support Your Main Ideas

  Appeal for Action

14 Applying What You Have Learned

  Use Specific Detail in Everyday

  Conversation

  Use Effective Speaking Techniques

  in Your Job

  Seek Opportunities to Speak in Public 

  You Must Persist

  Keep the Certainty of Reward Before You

Acknowledgments