# Messages that Matter: Public Speaking in the Information Age - Third Edition

- By: Josh Misner - Author / Geoff Carr
- Publisher: North Idaho College
- Source: [Open Textbook Library](https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/messages-that-matter-public-speaking-in-the-information-age)
- Licence: Attribution
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Messages that Matter: Public Speaking in the Information Age is a student-focused textbook that provides practical and real-world instruction in the art of public speaking, with a focus on how speakers can learn to communicate with diverse audiences to achieve their primary goal of being understood as intended. Using an audience-centered approach, Messages that Matter provides instruction on: audience analysis, overcoming speaker anxiety, research techniques for speakers, how to practice and refine delivery, persuasion techniques, and group presentation fundamentals.