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Good list of resources by Toastmasters to improve public speaking skills. All coming from world champion of public speaking. All rights reserved by the authors.TRANSCRIPT
Recommended ResourcesNote: We update our recommendations frequently.
Please visit our individual websites for the most up-to-date lists.
Craig Valentine’s Recommendationswww.CraigValentine.com
Note: Many of these books deal more with influence and sales rather than public speaking. However to be an effective public speaker, you will need to know how to “sell” your ideas.
How to Develop Self-Confidence & Influence People by Public SpeakingDale Carnegie
How to Win Friends & Influence PeopleDale Carnegie
Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. Cialdini
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal ChangeStephen R. Covey
The Psychology of Persuasion: How to Persuade Others to Your Way of ThinkingKevin Hogan
The Spellbinder’s GiftOg Mandino
The Toastmasters International Guide to Successful SpeakingJeff Slutsky and Michael Aun
Soft Selling in a Hard World: Plain Talk on the Art of PersuasionJerry Vass
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Metaphorically SellingAnne Miller
How to Write a Damn Good NovelJames N. Frey.
The Nuts and Bolts of Public Speaking: Practical Tools for Powerful PresentationsCraig Valentine
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Recommended ResourcesNote: We update our recommendations frequently.
Please visit our individual websites for the most up-to-date lists.
David Brooks’s Recommendationswww.DavidBrooksTexas.com
Quotations/Anecdotes
Simpson's Contemporary QuotationsJames B. Simpson, editor
Words of WisdomWilliam Safire and Leonard Safir
A Treasury of Humorous QuotationsProchnow and Prochnow Jr.
The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain andThe Wit and Wisdom of Abraham LincolnAlex Ayres, editor
Bartlett's Familiar QuotationsJustin Kaplan, editor
Language and Grammar
The Miracle of Language and Anguished EnglishRichard Lederer
Do’s, Don’ts and Maybes of the English LanguageTheodore M. Bernstein
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Strictly SpeakingEdwin Newman
Speaking and Speechwriting
The Seven Strategies of Master PresentersDr. Brad McRae and David Brooks
The Sir Winston Method andSpeak Like Churchill; Stand Like LincolnJames C. Humes
You Are the MessageRoger Ailes
Inspire Any AudienceTony Jeary
The Articulate ExecutiveGranville N. Toogood
How to Present Like a ProLani Arredondo
I Can See You Naked and Say It in SixRon Hoff
Hook ’emKen Matejka and Diane Ramos
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Recommended ResourcesNote: We update our recommendations frequently.
Please visit our individual websites for the most up-to-date lists.
Jim Key’s Recommendationswww.JimKey.com
Not necessarily speaking-related
How to Win Friends & Influence PeopleDale Carnegie
The Psychology of Persuasion: How to Persuade Others to Your Way of ThinkingKevin Hogan
Inspiring Others to WinRobert B. Sommer
LeadershipRudolph W. Giuliani
Contagious SuccessCaroline Joy Adams
The Right Words at the Right TimeMarlo Thomas and friends
Whale Done!Ken Blanchard, Thad Lacinak, Chuck Tompkins, and Jim Ballard
Somewhat speaking-related
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Stand-Up Comedy: The BookJudy Carter
The Power to WriteCaroline Joy Adams
Bartlett's Familiar QuotationsJustin Kaplan, editor
The Oxford Dictionary of QuotationsElizabeth Knowles, editor
Inspire Any AudienceTony Jeary
1001 Humorous Illustrations for Public SpeakingMichael Hodgin
Twelve Secrets of a Great VoiceMichael W. Hall
The Seven Strategies of Master PresentersDr. Brad McRae and David Brooks
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Recommended ResourcesNote: We update our recommendations frequently.
Please visit our individual websites for the most up-to-date lists.
Mark Brown’s Recommendationswww.MarkBrownSpeaks.com
Note: Because most of my presentations are to teens, many of these books deal with youth issues rather than public speaking.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal ChangeStephen R. Covey
The Seven Strategies of Master PresentersDavid Brooks and Dr. Brad McRae
10,000 Jokes Toasts & StoriesEdited by Lewis & Faye Copeland
Writing Great SpeechesAlan Perlman
The EpidemicRobert Shaw, MD
The MisfitsJames Howe
The Wounded SpiritFrank Peretti
HootCarl Hiaasen
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The Reader’s Digest MagazineSee the monthly feature Word Power for an improved vocabulary
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Recommended ResourcesNote: We update our recommendations frequently.
Please visit our individual websites for the most up-to-date lists.
Darren LaCroix’s Recommendationswww.humor411.com
How to earn money as a professional speaker:
SET: Get Paid to Speak by Next Weekhttp://www.humor411.com/books/get_paid_to_speak.html
BOOK: Money Talks by Alan Weisshttp://www.humor411.com/books/books.html
How to get more laughs:
SET: Laff Packhttp://www.humor411.com/books/specials.html
BOOK: Stand-up Comedy the Book by Judy Carterhttp://www.humor411.com/books/books.html
BOOK: Laugh & Get Richhttp://www.humor411.com/books/books.html
DVD: Just for Laffshttp://www.humor411.com/books/dvd.html
BOOK: Don’t Let the Funny Stuff Get Away by Jeanne Robertson
How to speak better:
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My free articles:http://www.humor411.com/darren/articles_by.html
SET: Ultimate Presenters Packhttp://www.humor411.com/books/cds.html
BOOK: The Seven Strategies of Master Presenters by David Brookshttp://www.davidbrookstexas.com/products.htm DVD: The Path to Powerful Presentationshttp://www.humor411.com/books/dvd.html
DVD: Magic Moments 1 & 2 with David Brookshttp://www.davidbrookstexas.com/products.htm
AUDIO: Speaking Secrets of the Championshttp://www.humor411.com/books/cds.html
AUDIO: Speak Like a Championhttp://www.humor411.com/books/cds.html
DVD: World Champion Contest Speecheswww.billspro.com
Resources for motivation:
BOOK: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
BOOK: The Ultimate Gift by Jim Stovall
BOOK: The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz, Ph.D.
BOOK: The Power of Focus by Jack Canfield
BOOK: The Unlimited Power of Selling by Moine Lloyd
BOOK: You’ll See it When you Believe It by Dr. Wayne Dyer
AUDIO: The Science of Self Confidence by Brian Tracy
SET: Personal Power by Tony Robbins
Miscellaneous resources:
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