The Norton Field Guide to Speaking offers students practical advice and positive encouragement in a user-friendly, easily-referenced “field guide” format. Based on decades of research and teaching experience from coauthors Isa Engleberg and John Daly, this is a guide to the most important—and most challenging—skills in public speaking, including topics not often found in other public speaking texts, like telling stories and generating interest. The balanced and diverse set of Notable Speaker features illustrate the book’s practical advice—and are available with annotated video recordings in the ebook.

The Second Edition is an even better resource for students, with a bold new design and revisions based in part on the classroom experience of coauthor and award-winning teacher Susan Ward, who used the First Edition in her classes. New advice helps students prepare for the unique challenges of speaking today, including using generative AI responsibly, preparing to deliver presentations online, handling audience Q&A, using inclusive and respectful language, and more. Together, the authors have crafted a revision that builds on the strengths of the First Edition to help today’s students prepare for any speaking situation.