Public Speaking Kaleidoscope

Acknowledgments

This book wouldn’t have been possible without the strong support and guidance of my PhD supervisors Prof. Eleri Jones and Dr. Mukul Madahar from the Cardiff School of Management. I am also thankful to Dr. John Gunson who introduced me to them.

I am indebted to my alma-mater, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, its libraries where I spent many hours finding books and journals on this topic, and its benches where I sat looking at the sky thinking how to proceed further. I am thankful to my teachers, colleagues, and students who encouraged me to teach and write on communication subjects.

I would like to thank my parents, my wife, and my children for their unconditional love. They took up all the household chores on themselves ...