Additional resources (reading list, examples, links, ...) for the "Boost Your Public Speaking Skills!" presentation

1. Boost Your
Public Speaking Skills!
Additional Resources
Contents
Books ..................................................................................................... 2
Blogs & Guru Sites ................................................................................... 3
Tutorials, Tips & Tricks ............................................................................. 4
Presentation Repositories .......................................................................... 4
Presentation Examples ............................................................................. 5
Clipart & Stock Photography ...................................................................... 5
Software, Web Tools & PowerPoint Add-ins ................................................. 5
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2. Books
● “The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
(Expanded edition)”, Dan Roam, Portfolio Hardcover, 2009
● “Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery”, Garr
Reynolds, New Riders Press, 2008
● “Confessions of a Public Speaker”, Scott Berkum, O'Reilly Media, 2009
● “Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story”, Jerry Weissman, Prentice
Hall, 2006
● “Boost Your Presentation IQ: Proven Techniques for Winning Presentations and
Speeches”, Marilyn Pincus, McGraw-Hill, 2005
● “The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of
Any Audience”, Carmine Gallo, McGraw-Hill, 2009
● “Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations”, Nancy
Duarte, O'Reilly Media, 2008
● “Loud & Clear: 5 Steps to Say What You Mean and Get What You Want”, Karen
Berg, Career Press, 2008
● “Blank Page to First Draft in 15 Minutes: The Most Effective Shortcut to
Preparing a A Speech or Presentation”, How to Books, 2002
● “How to Make the Most out of Every Media Appearance”, George Merlis,
McGraw-Hill, 2003
● “A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future”, Daniel Pink,
Riverhead, 2005
● “Made to Stick”, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die”,
Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Random House, 2007
● “The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling: Mastering The Art and Discipline of
Business Narrative”, Stephen Denning, Jossey-Bass, 2005
● “Give Your Speech, Change the World: How to Move Your Audience to Action”,
Nick Morgan, HBS Press, 2005
● “Doug Stevenson's Story Theater Method (previously titled: Never Be Boring
Again)”, Doug Stevenson, Cornelia Press, 2008
● “Real Leaders Don’t Do PowerPoint: How to Sell Yourself and Your Ideas”,
Christopher Witt & David Fetherling, Crown Business, 2009
● “Presentation Skills 201: How to Take it to the Next Level as a Confident,
Engaging Presenter”, William R. Steele, Outskirts Press, 2009
● “The Exceptional Presenter: A Proven Formula to Open up and Own the
Room”, Timothy Koegel, Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2007
● “Beyond Bullet Points: Using PowerPoint 2007 to Create Presentations That
Inform, Motivate, and Inspire”, Cliff Atkinson, Microsoft Press, 2007
● “The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone
Starting Anything”, Guy Kawasaki, Portfolio, 2004
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3. Blogs & Guru Sites
● Presentation Zen (Garr Reynolds)
http://www.presentationzen.com
● Visual Thinking community
http://vizthink.com
● Garr Reynolds’ official site
http://www.garrreynolds.com
● How to Change the World (Guy Kawasaki)
http://blog.guykawasaki.com
● Solving Problems with Pictures (Dan Roam)
http://www.thebackofthenapkin.com
● The Mind Mapping Software Blog
http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com
● Six Minutes – Your guide to becoming a confident and effective speaker
http://sixminutes.dlugan.com
● Powerful Presentation Techniques (Paul Gibler)
http://www.connectingdots.typepad.com/ppt/
● Storytelling in Business Skills (Doug Stevenson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy_38SDNTQ4
● The Storybag (Peter Frühmann)
http://www.storybag.nl/en/story-bag.html
● Visual Being
http://www.visualbeing.com
● Information is Beautiful
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net
● Death to (bad) PowerPoint
http://power-points.blogspot.com
● It's the story, stupid (Doc Searls)
http://www.searls.com/present.html
● An Age of Presentation: Styles, Trends, and Trendsetters
http://www.viget.com/inspire/presentation-styles-trends-trendsetters/
● Six Minutes: Speaking and Presentation Skills
http://sixminutes.dlugan.com
● Storytelling That Moves People (HBR article)
http://hbr.org/web/special-collections/insight/communication/storytelling-
that-moves-people
● How to Wow 'Em Like Steve Jobs (BusinessWeek article)
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/apr2006/sb20060406_86511
0.htm
● PowerPoint Is Evil (Edward Tufte, Wired article)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html
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4. Tutorials, Tips & Tricks
● Visual Literacy: An E-Learning Tutorial on Visualization for Communication,
Engineering and Business
http://www.visual-literacy.org
● Mind Mapping for Marketers and Writers
http://onepagenewsletters.com/PDF/MindMappingforMarketersandWriters.pdf
● Public Speaking - get 25 articles in HTML and PDF Format
http://www.get-articles.com/articles/public-speaking/
● The principles of art. The power of presentation.
http://www.presentationwiz.biz
● Tips for planning, building, and delivering presentations
http://www.presentation-pointers.com
● Speech tips. Speechwriting help. Public speaking advice.
http://www.speechtips.com
● Presentation tips by Olivia Mitchell
http://speakingaboutpresenting.com
● How not to be boring
http://www.slideshare.net/emigal/how-not-to-be-boring
● 7 tips on how to make your conference panel rock
http://www.unmarketing.com/2010/11/29/7-tips-on-how-to-make-your-
conference-panel-rock
● PowerPoint presentations - 8 common mistakes
http://www.symplebyte.com/microsoft_office/powerpoint/powerpoint_biggest
_mistakes.html
● 18 Tips for killer presentations
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/18-tips-for-killer-
presentations.html
Presentation Repositories
● SlideShare: share presentations, documents and professional videos
http://www.slideshare.net
● TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
http://www.ted.com/talks
● Pecha Kucha Night: 20 slides set to cycle at 20 seconds each
http://www.pecha-kucha.org
● Ignite: 20 slides automated at 15 seconds each
http://www.ignitenyc.org
● Dragon’s Den: entrepreneurs pitching for investment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden
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5. Presentation Examples
● Visual and Creative Thinking: What We Learned From Peter Pan and Willy
Wonka
http://www.slideshare.net/themoleskin/visual-and-creative-thinking
● Getting Real About Enterprise 2.0
http://www.slideshare.net/marknadsstod/getting-real-about-enterprise-20
● The New Entrepreneur - 2010 & Beyond
http://www.slideshare.net/grasshopper/the-new-entrepreneur-2010-beyond-
3335073
● The Art of the Start
http://www.slideshare.net/whatidiscover/the-art-of-start
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8X57eucxnI
● From Selling Technology to Selling Value
http://www.slideshare.net/mjadoul/20081012-marketingtrilogy-montecarlo-
presentation
Clipart & Stock Photography
● Wikimedia Commons media file repository (public domain and royalty free)
http://commons.wikimedia.org
● The world biggest photo share site
http://www.flickr.com
● Public domain and copyright friendly free images, royalty free stock photos.
http://www.public-domain-image.com
● Free PowerPoint backgrounds, animations, royalty free photos, etc.
http://www.brainybetty.com
● Free clip art, photos, illustrations, animation, and sounds for MS Office.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/
● The “100 best” Microsoft Clip Art pictures
http://www.slideshare.net/Niezette/100-pictures-for-powerpoint-
presentations/
● Professional Powerpoint graphics at $5 per image.
http://www.presentationpictures.com
● Royalty free clip art and premium low-cost stock photos
http://www.freephotosbank.com
Software, Web Tools & PowerPoint Add-ins
● Online image editor
http://mugtug.com/sketchpad/
● Free mind mapping tool (Windows, Mac, Linux)
http://www.xmind.net
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6. ● Free PowerPoint to Flash Converter (Windows)
http://www.handyarchive.com/Multimedia/Authoring-Tools/59515-iSpring-
Free-PowerPoint-to-Flash-Converter.html
● Free PowerPoint to video converter
http://www.handyarchive.com/Multimedia/Authoring-Tools/84099-Leawo-
PowerPoint-to-Video-Free.html
● Free PowerPoint to PDF Converter (Windows)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
● See your slides and control them from your iPhone
http://itunes.apple.com/app/i-clickr-powerpoint-remote/id296956937?mt=8
● A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html
● Color picker add-in for PowerPoint
http://www.pptxtreme.com/colorpicker.asp
● Insert multiple choice questions into a PowerPoint slide show (Windows)
http://skp.mvps.org/downloads/pptquiz.zip
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