• Practice, Practice, Practice
  Visit this site for a brief list of ways to make your practice time more productive.
  

• Rehearse Right
  Visit this site for rehearsal guidelines according to The Myers Method.
  

• Teaching Is Extemporaneous Speaking
  Visit the homepage of an organization providing teaching opportunities to recent college graduates.
  

• I Have A Dream
  Visit this site to read a transcript of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
  

• Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You
  Visit this site to read a transcript of John F. Kennedy's famous "Ask not..." inaugural address.
  

• Choosing Your Words
  Visit this site for an essay on freedom of speech, itself an example of effective use of words.
  

• Facial Expressions
  Go to this comprehensive site filled with links to writings and research on facial expression
  

• Using Visual Aids
  This site offers advice for using some types of visual aids.
  

• Virtual Presentation Assistant: Visual Aids
  This site offers guidelines and links to help you utilize visual aids to create an effective speech.
  

• Presentations.com
  Provides various articles on making presentations.
  

• George Orwell Resources
  George Orwell wrote, "Never use a long word when a short one will do." Learn more about Orwell's writings about language and power.
  

Copyright © 1995-2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Allyn & Bacon Legal and Privacy Terms