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.

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

Ready to get serious about improving your skills?

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

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

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

• The 10-20-30 Rule: Guy Kawasaki on PowerPoint
• Use PowerPoint Visuals, Not Bullets – What the World Eats
• 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
• Six Simple Techniques for Presenting Data: Hans Rosling (TED, 2006)

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

• Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream
• Steve Jobs - Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
• Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg Address
• Elizabeth Gilbert - Nurturing Creativity
• Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture (Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams)
• Barack Obama - Presidential Inaugural 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
• Public Speaking Blogs: The Definitive List
• 25 Public Speaking Skills Every Speaker Must Have

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.

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