We live in an exciting, yet complicated information age. Our era calls for critical thinkers who are willing and able to communicate well toward the twin goals of human survival and career thriving on a connected globe. Thus, public speaking skills are important.

Critical thinking and communication competencies are twin necessities for today's world. Public Speaking and Responsibility in a Changing World serves as a springboard to help students excel in public speaking. Learners are asked to seriously consider using their rhetorical (speaking) skills in an artful and excellent manner, to be the ethical and positive connection they seek for the common good of society.

Available in print and electronic formats, Public Speaking and Responsibility in a Changing World:

• Is peppered with compelling and practical examples to help students relate solid theory and practice in the classroom to the real world
• All-in-one textbook, workbook, and manual with assignments
• Every chapter highlights six core themes: rhetorical excellence, a multi-cultural perspective, high ethics, satisfying careers, choice of community engagement responsibility for others and the environment, and the astute use of constantly merging presentation technologies
• Electronic code access to the video library of speeches, such as those delivered by Barbara Bush, Cesar Chavez, Al Gore, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ronald Reagan, Babe Ruth, and many others
• Excellent speech examples within chapter text provided from Mary Fisher, Robert Kennedy, Barack Obama, and many others