Research Guides: Communications: Public Speaking

Presentation Organization

Essentials of Business Communication by Guffey, Mary Ellen and Loewy, Dana
Call Number: HF5718.3 .G94 2016
ISBN: 9781285858913
Study Aids - Main Floor
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience by Gallo, Carmine
Call Number: HF5718.22 .G35 2010
ISBN: 9780071636087
General Collection - Lower Level
Slide:ology by Duarte, Nancy
Call Number: HF5718.22 .D83 2008
ISBN: 9780596522346
General Collection - Lower Level
World Class Speaking by Valentine, Craig and Meyerson, Mitch
Call Number: PN4129.15 .V35 2009
ISBN: 9781600374739
General Collection - Lower Level
Visual Communication Design by Davis, Meredith and Hunt, Jamer
Call Number: NK1510 .D29 2017
ISBN: 9781474221573
General Collection - Lower Level

Canva Design School
(Canva) Learn how to design with Canva. Thousands of tutorials on how to design like a pro, explore typography, design trends, color and more!.
Effective Presentation Skills Tutorial
(Northern Illinois University How you prepare, develop, and deliver presentations can help you achieve your goal and make a good impression on your audience.
Organization
(University of Pittsburgh Oral Comm Lab) Organization assists the audience in processing and retaining information communicated by a speaker.
PowerPoint for Windows Training
(Microsoft Support) This webpage provides links to several tutorials about how to effectively use PowerPoint.
Public Speaking
(University of Pittsburgh Oral Comm Lab) This webpage provides links to articles about Presentation Basics, Tips for Success, Writing the Speech, and Delivering the Speech.

Can We Talk? by Karam, Thomas J. and Ragsdale, James Gaut
Call Number: PN4121 .K3345 1994
ISBN: 0819190918
General Collection - Lower Level
The Exceptional Presenter by Koegel, Timothy J.
Call Number: HF5718.22 .K64 2007
ISBN: 9781929774449
General Collection - Lower Level
Give Your Speech, Change the World by Morgan, Nick
Call Number: PN4129.15 .M67 2005
ISBN: 1591397146
Study Aids - Main Floor
In the Line of Fire by Weissman, Jerry S.
Call Number: HF5718.22 .W449 2005
ISBN: 9780131855175
General Collection - Lower Level
Public Speaking by Hayes Andrews, Patricia; Robertson Andrews, James; and Williams, Glen
Call Number: PN4121 .A677 2002
ISBN: 9780618123537
Study Aids - Main Floor

10 Tips for Improving Your Public Speaking Skills
(Harvard Division of Continuing Education) Few are immune to the fear of public speaking. Marjorie North offers 10 tips for speakers to calm the nerves and deliverable memorable orations.
Before Public Speaking...
(TED) If you’ve got a presentation to give at work or school — or are perhaps getting ready to speak at a TEDx event? — we recommend these talks to help get you pumped up.
Delivery
(University of Pittsburgh Oral Comm Lab) Delivery is the art of using voice and body to perform a rhetorical discourse.
Speech Anxiety
(University of Pittsburgh Oral Comm Lab) Most people experience some level of speech anxiety when they have to speak in front of a group.
Toastmasters Resources
(Toastmasters International) From hybrid meeting ideas to public speaking tips to podcasts, videos, and translated documents, this continually updated Resources page was designed to support and inspire you in all things Toastmasters.