The latest articles published on Six Minutes:

• Goodbye, Email Subscriptions!
• Speech Critique: Jacqueline Novogratz @ TED (Flashback Friday #40)
• How to Prepare for Presenting to Senior Executives
• Slide Fonts: 11 Guidelines for Great Design (Flashback Friday #39)
• Book Review: 101 Ways to Make Training Active (Mel Silberman)

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

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

Ready to get serious about improving your skills?

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

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

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.

• 6 Communication Barriers and How You Can Avoid Them
• Speak Up! A Guide to Voice Projection
• How to Ace the Impromptu Speech
• 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

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

• Use PowerPoint Visuals, Not Bullets – What the World Eats
• Six Simple Techniques for Presenting Data: Hans Rosling (TED, 2006)
• How to Create Pro Slides in Less Time: Don’t Worry, Be CRAPpy
• 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

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

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

Lists, research, and essential resources for public speakers.

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

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

"I rely on your weekly summary to point me toward some of the blogs I might have missed. This is such a useful posting."

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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.

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