The Speaker's Companion

This is a handy list of reference sites that should be of value to any public speaker. It contains sites for you to gain material for your presentations and tools useful or related to public speaking. This page is always under construction. If you know of a site that would be of value to other public speakers and is not listed here please E-mail Tom the address so that he can include it in this page.

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A Speaker's Bookshelf
Magazines and Current Events
Sites To Stimulate Your Thinking
Public Speaking Sites and Tips
Public Speaking and Personal Development Schools and Training
Tools
Disclaimer

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A Speaker's Bookshelf

A Word A Day -- learn a new word each day
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations -- a quote encyclopedia
Weekly Quotes Archive -- more quotes
The English Grammer Clinic -- grammar and usage questions on-line
Hypertext Websters Interface -- dictionary
Research-It! -- dictionary and much much more!
Roget's Thesaurus -- the popular thesaurus
Britannica Online -- the popular encyclopedia
the On-Line Books Page -- a library of liturature
the Electronic Library -- a library full of useful information
The Internet Public Library -- another library full of useful information
Carrie -- still another library full of useful information
Amazon Books! -- over a million titles available!
the Library of Congress -- another library full of useful information
the Encyclopedia Mystica -- an encyclopedia of myths
the Classics -- classical literature on-line
World History Compass -- remember when ...
the Poetry Gallery -- a collection of poetry

Magazines and Current Events

Nando Times -- International and US news and current events
USA Today -- US news and current events
CNN -- "This is ..."
The New York Times -- US news and current events
The Jerusalem Post -- Middle East news and current events
The St. Petersburg Press -- Russian news and current events
The Hindu --Indian news and current events
The Cambodian Times -- Cambodian news and current events
Asahi.com -- Japanese news and current events
China News Service -- Chinese news and current events
ISN KidNews -- news and current events for kids and teachers
The Wall Street Journal -- money & investing news
People Magazine -- the magazine
Esquire Magazine -- the magazine
Entertainment Weekly Magazine -- the magazine
Discover Magazine -- the science magazine
Word Magazine -- issues life and culture
The New Republic Magazine -- more than just politics
George -- more than just politics from JFK Jr.

Sites To Stimulate Your Thinking

Empowerment Now -- Inspirational messages and quotes
Just Cause Inspiration Point -- more Inspirational messages and quotes
Cool Jargon of the Day -- get fresh ideas
Cool Word / Phrase of the Day -- more fresh ideas
The Fun_People Archive -- lets have fun!
Joke of the Day -- Ha, Ha, Ha
Web Wisdom -- graffitti wall of wisdom
Central Intelligence Agency -- for the Walter Mittys of public speaking
The MAD Scientist Network -- Science is good for you
ABN -- All Business Network
Creative Web Page -- get creative
Mind Tools -- think your way to an excellent life!
Men's Issues Page -- No, it's not sports
Women's Wire -- for the ladies -- and inquisitive men
The Women's Home Page -- writings and resources by/about/for women.
Speeches from Bell Atlantics

Public Speaking Sites and Tips

Allyn & Bacon Public Speaking Site -- Virtual public speaking learning lab
the Speakers Platform(tm) -- Speakers Cafe, free speaker listings, ads, etc
Key Steps To an Effective Presentation
Speaking In Public -- The Preparation and Construction of a Speech
Steve Eggleston -- Fear of Public Speaking
Morton C. Orman, M.D. -- Conquer Public Speaking Fear
Julie Parmenter -- Tips For Dealing With Nervousness
Lenny Laskowski -- Overcoming Speaking Anxiety
How to be Funnier -- No Laughing Matter
Tom Antion -- Advanced Public Speaking & Humor
Anthony L. Audrieth -- The Art of Using Humor in Public Speaking
Graphics in Oral Presentation
Vickie Sullivan -- Sullivan Speaker Services
Using Charts -- The Do's and Don'ts

Public Speaking and Personal Development Schools and Training

Toastmasters Information -- Club Information and Sites
International Association of Business Communicators -- Home Page
International Training in Communication -- ITC HQ in USA
International Training in Communication -- ITC in Australia
International Training in Communication -- ITC in Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada
Public Speaking -- As Taught by Randy Hayman
Dottie Walters -- Speak and Grow Rich
The Image Maker -- Workshops, Seminars and Public Speaking Information
CMI Host Hub --to directly connect with Speakers, Authors, Trainers, Consultants, Seminar Leaders, etc.
Front Range Community College -- Public Speaking on the Net
The Speaker's ForumHosted By Jim Zinger, CSP
Public Speaking Project -- Plan and Develope Presentations
Intro to Public Speaking -- A One Day Workshop
Speech (Public Speaking) -- Irvine Valey College
Indiana University of Pa -- It Worked For Me
Anthony Robbins -- The Greatest Education on Earth!

Tools

Pkware -- Compression and Decompression Software
Adgrafix -- Design Your Web Page On-Line
New Riders' WWW Yellow Pages -- Let Your Keyboard do the Walking
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Disclaimer

The majority of the links above are to other sites. The information at these sites other than those created by Antion and Asscociates are beyond my control. Inclusion of these sites here does not imply Tom's endorsement in any manner and are only included because at the time of this page's creation they appeared to contain information deemed valuable to helping others in thier quest for public speaking perfection. If you find any of this material offensive or inappropriate please E-mail Tom and I will re-evaluate the site in question.