{"id":195,"date":"2022-12-12T20:51:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T01:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/speaking\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=195"},"modified":"2026-03-07T01:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:14:42","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/speaking\/chapter\/about-the-author\/","title":{"raw":"About the Author","rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"raw":"Sam Schechter adapted <em>Public Speaking for Today's Audiences<\/em> from <em>Exploring Public Speaking <\/em>(4th edition)\u00a0by <span class=\"emotion-bw45of eqlrghc1\">Barbara Tucker and <\/span><span class=\"emotion-bw45of eqlrghc1\">Matthew LeHew<\/span>. Sam is a faculty member in the Communications Department at Douglas College. This is his second OER textbook in the field of applied communications; his first OER textbook, <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/communicating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Professional Writing in the Digital Age<\/em><\/a>, provides guidance for undergraduate students and entry-level employees looking to improve their professional writing skills. A third OER textbook, <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/publicrelations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Public Relations: From Strategy to Action<\/em><\/a>, provides guidance to upper-level undergraduate students learning about public relations. He is also the editor of an OER collection of case studies in <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/prcasestudies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Public Relations Case Studies: Strategies &amp; Actions<\/em>.<\/a> His fifth and most recent OER is <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/socialmedia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Social Media &amp; Reputation Management<\/em><\/a>.\r\n\r\nSam Schechter\u2019s full biography and online profile can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schechter.ca\/\">www.schechter.ca<\/a>.","rendered":"<p>Sam Schechter adapted <em>Public Speaking for Today&#8217;s Audiences<\/em> from <em>Exploring Public Speaking <\/em>(4th edition)\u00a0by <span class=\"emotion-bw45of eqlrghc1\">Barbara Tucker and <\/span><span class=\"emotion-bw45of eqlrghc1\">Matthew LeHew<\/span>. Sam is a faculty member in the Communications Department at Douglas College. This is his second OER textbook in the field of applied communications; his first OER textbook, <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/communicating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Professional Writing in the Digital Age<\/em><\/a>, provides guidance for undergraduate students and entry-level employees looking to improve their professional writing skills. A third OER textbook, <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/publicrelations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Public Relations: From Strategy to Action<\/em><\/a>, provides guidance to upper-level undergraduate students learning about public relations. 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