The document provides a comprehensive list of resources to enhance public speaking skills, including books, blogs, tutorials, and presentation repositories. Key texts from renowned authors like Garr Reynolds and Carmine Gallo are highlighted along with various online platforms for presentation examples and visual aids. Additionally, it suggests software tools and add-ins to support effective presentation creation and delivery.

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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