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General Resources
Public Speaking Compton's Online Encyclopedia
http://www.comptons.com
National Communication Association
http://www.natcom.org/
The National Speakers Association Web site
http://www.nsaspeaker.org/
Association for Women in Communications
http://www.WOMCOM.org
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Listening
International Listening Association
http://www.listen.org
MSU Vincent Voice Library (largest academic voice library; utterances, sounds, speeches, etc.)
http://web.msu.edu/vincent/index.html
ACTFL Guidelines for Listening
http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/LANGUAGELEARNING/OtherResources/
ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines/ACTFLGuidelinesListening.htm
Learning Page of the Library of Congress: American Leaders Speak, 1918-1920 (59 sound recordings of speeches by American leaders)
http://learning.loc.gov/learn/nforum/langarts.html
I. U. Technology Toastmaster (help learn the art of speaking, critical thinking and listening)
http://www.indiana.edu/~ucstm/
Listening for Feeling
http://www.rider.edu/users/suler/listenfeel.html
English Listening (a collection of links on listening).
http://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/OU_Language/english/listening.html
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Ethical Speaking
National Speakers' Code of Ethics
http://www.nsahouston.org/code.html
Lecture on American Honesty, by Judy Hunter. Presented to students at Grinnell College, Fall 1995
http://ac.grin.edu/~hunterj/achon/lecture97.html
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Obtaining Information on Audiences
WhoWhere?
http://www.whowhere.com/
World Pages
http://www.worldpages.com/
Government Statistics
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Factbook on Intelligence (CIA)
http://www.ic.gov/facttell/toc.html
United Nations Web Server
http://www.un.org
Library of Congress Web
http://lcweb.loc.gov
National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/
Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu/
Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/stat_abstract/
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Selecting a Topic
The Public Speaker's Page
http://www2.truman.edu/~rstjohn/publicspeakers/topics.html
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Brainstorming
The Imagist
http://www.imagist.net/services/design2.htm
Creativity and Brainstorming
http://www.delphi.com/brainstorming
PR Central
http://www.prcentral.com/c96brainstorm.htm
JPB Creative
http://www.jpb.com/creative/brainstorming.html
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Conducting Research Online
Evaluating information found on the Internet. Kirk, E. (1997).
http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:8001/research/education/net.html
Congressional Testimony Web site
http://www.dhhs.gov/search/cong_testimony.html
Population Research Institute
http://www.pop.org/
AJR NewsLink—For links to media outlets in the U.S.
and around the world
http://www.newslink.org
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Organizing and Writing Speeches
Organization for Persuasive Speech
http://www.norfacad.pvt.k12.va.us/speech/Org.htm
Speech Writing Lecture
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/2716/comp.html
Speech Writing
http://www.speechwriting.com/advice.htm
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Speech Introductions
Deciding on and Writing an Introduction
http://www.executive-speaker.com/spkop_m.html
Openings, Quotations, Speechmaking, Speechwriting, Speeches, Rhetoric, Communication
http://www.executive-speaker.com/spkop_m.html
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Quotations
Quotations
http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/
Bartlett, John. 1901. Familiar Quotations
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/
CHA's Quotations about Communication
http://www.cha4mot.com/quo_comm.html#Communication
CHA's Quotations about Change
http://www.cha4mot.com/quo_chng.html#Change
CHA's Quotations about Ideas
http://www.cha4mot.com/quo_idea.html#Ideas
CHA's Quotations about Life
http://www.cha4mot.com/quo_life.html#Life
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Language
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Roget's Internet Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
http://www.thesaurus.com/thesaurus/
English as a Second Language
http://www.lang.uiuc.edu/r-li5/esl/
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Improving Speech Delivery
Idea Bank
http://www.idea-bank.com/tips.html
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Creating Visual Aids
GreenStar Productions' Top 10 Design Tips
http://www.greenstar.com/d.html
GreenStar's Graph Design Tips
http://www.greenstar.com/g.html
Resources for PowerPoint Users
http://www.microsoft.com/Office/powerpoint/resource.htm
Presentation Magazine
http://www.presentations.com/
Presentation Audio (Sound Files)
http://www.presentationaudio.com/
Short cuts to PowerPoint
http://www.clas.suffolk.edu/birtwell/power.htm
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Multicultural Issues
Yahoo: Society and Culture
http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
http://hanksville.phast.umass.edu/misc/Naresources.html
Hispanic Resources
http://www.hisp.com/tesoros/index.html
African American Web Connection
http://www.aawc.com:80/aawc.html
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Understanding Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
http://www.bcconline.com/buscom/maslow.htm
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
http://www.dialspace.dial.pipex.com/alan.chapman/abraham.htm
The Hierarchy of Need
http://www.np.ac.sg/~adp-aitac/TOPIC5/sub4a.htm
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Business and Professional Speaking
The Professional Speaker
http://www.professionalspeaker.com
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Special Occasion Speeches
Captain Aim High
http://www.captainaimhigh.org
The Idea Bank
http://www.idea-bank.com
National Association for the Humor Impaired
http://www.drhumor.com/
Speak Easy
http://www.speakeasyinc.com
Presidential inaugural addresses
http://www.law.ou.edu/ushist.html#1775
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