The Art of Public Speaking

Scott Berkun posted an interesting review of the literature on public speaking, part of his research for his upcoming book. I note public speaking a central aspect of lecturing technique, rather than being technology, so I'm slightly off piste here, but his blog posting on the topic is worth a look.

Two books seem to come out of top in his view:

"What's the use of Lectures" by Donald Bligh. (for UCC readers, we have it, 378.1 Blig, up on Q+2)

"Public Speaking for Success" by Dale Carnegie - the original of the species. Not in our library, it seems, but you can download it for free as an eBook from Project Gutenberg.

Worthwhile poolside reading.