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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.

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Page 1: Recommended Resources Public Speaking

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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