Tongue-tied America: reviving the art of verbal persuasion

Our case : the abiding importance of speech

The canons of persuasion

The rainbow of rhetorical formats

Writing the spoken word

Hallmarks of distinguished delivery : bringing a speech to life

Tools of the trade : voice and breath

Using visual aids

Gender and persuasion

Generational issues

To sum it up : checklists on the good, the bad, and the ugly

Rhetoric in court

Oral communications in the workplace

The effects of technology on communications skills

The rhetoric of presidential campaigns

Rhetoric gone haywire

Rhetoric of the greatest speeches.