Public Speaking: Liberating Your Promise provides students with a collection of carefully selected readings that not only helps them develop critical skills related to public speaking, but also fosters powerful self-discovery. Students learn how public speaking can help them reveal their true selves and connect with others in meaningful ways.

The text addresses a variety of public speaking topics that will help students strengthen their technique and successfully deliver speeches centered on specific subjects for a specific purpose. Dedicated readings explore specialized speeches, building confidence and improving impact, managing the first impression, organizing one's thoughts, and persuasive and influential speaking. Throughout, students are encouraged and challenged to deeply connect with their ideas, beliefs, passions, and personal truths to effectively and competently speak to topics of the day.

Developed to help students discover their unique voices, Public Speaking is an exemplary resource for courses in communication and public speaking. The text could also support college orientation or first-year courses or programs, as well as courses within any discipline that emphasize speechmaking or public speaking.
Barry Strauber is a visiting lecturer in the School of Communication at Rochester Institute of Technology, where he teaches courses in marketing. He is a 30+ year veteran of the advertising industry, having worked for agencies such as Young & Rubicam, Saatchi & Saatchi, Della Famina, and Draft FCB. Strauber worked at partners + napier for 12 years as Vice President of Agency/Creative Services. He is the founder and owner of Rising NY LLC, a branding and marketing agency in Rochester, New York.