The latest articles published on Six Minutes:

• Book Review: Telling Ain’t Training (Stolovitch, Keeps)
• Flip Charts 101: Basic Tips to Use This Lonely Versatile Tool
• Audience Analysis Worksheet [Free PDF Download]
• How to Improve Your Speeches Through Audience Analysis
• How to Conduct Audience Analysis

Speechwriting articles teach you how to craft content which is compelling, focussed, and memorable.

• How to Introduce a Speaker: 16 Essential Tips for Success
• The Secret of Choosing Successful Speech Topics
• How to Use the Rule of Three in Your Speeches
• How to Weave Statistics Into Your Speech
• 17 Easy Ways to Be a More Persuasive Speaker
• Electrify Your Audience with a Shocking Speech Opening

Ready to get serious about improving your skills?

Learn habits which help you become a complete well-rounded speaker.

• 7 Habits for Highly Effective Speakers
• 10 Presentation Habits My College Students – And You – Must UN-Learn
• 8 Key Points for Perfect Presentation Practice
• How to Dress for Public Speaking
• The 7 Deadly Sins of Public Speaking
• Stop Rehearsing! 3 Critical Things to Do Before Your Speech

When you have an important message, you must be able to deliver it confidently and powerfully. Hone your body language, vocal variety, movement, and audience interaction.

• How to Ace the Impromptu Speech
• Speak Up! A Guide to Voice Projection
• How to Stop Saying Um, Uh, and Other Filler Words
• Speech Pauses: 12 Techniques to Speak Volumes with Your Silence
• How to Deliver the Talk of Your Life
• 6 Communication Barriers and How You Can Avoid Them

PowerPoint or Keynote? Flip chart or prop? Learn how to design effective visual aids which complement your message.

• How to Create Pro Slides in Less Time: Don’t Worry, Be CRAPpy
• Six Simple Techniques for Presenting Data: Hans Rosling (TED, 2006)
• How Many Slides Should You Have? How Many Slides Do You Need?
• How to Improve Your PowerPoint Slides with the Rule of Thirds
• The 10-20-30 Rule: Guy Kawasaki on PowerPoint
• Use PowerPoint Visuals, Not Bullets – What the World Eats

Speech evaluations which analyze great speakers, illustrate their simple techniques, and show you how to emulate them.

• Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture (Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams)
• Barack Obama - Presidential Inaugural Address
• Elizabeth Gilbert - Nurturing Creativity
• Steve Jobs - Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
• Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream
• Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg Address

Lists, research, and essential resources for public speakers.

• Stocking Stuffers for Speakers
• 27 Hot Summer Reads for Speakers
• The 25 Public Speaking Skills Every Speaker Must Have
• Public Speaking Blogs: The Definitive List
• Toastmasters: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

We survey a wide collection of public speaking blogs, and highlight the best public speaking articles for you.

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Don't waste your money and time reading the wrong books.

You will find regular reviews of outstanding books which cover public speaking, presentation skills, and communication methods.

• Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers
• Confessions of a Public Speaker
• The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion Through the Art of Storytelling
• The Wealthy Speaker: The Proven Formula for Building Your Successful Speaking Business
• Boring to Bravo: Proven Presentation Techniques to Engage, Involve, and Inspire Your Audience to Action
• Advanced Presentations by Design: Creating Communication that Drives Action