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The Art of Powerful Performance - Toni Land
Bartlett's English Usage  - combines contemporary and classic usage guides to form full-text searchable resource
Creativity unblocker - stuck for ideas and inspiration? 
Elements of Style - intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature.  It aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. 1st Edition, 1918.
paragraphpunch.comonline writing tutorial takes users through the acutal steps of writing a paragraph online
Public Speaking Tips, Going to the People: 10 Tips For a Public Speaking Engagement - how to prepare for a speech from Al Czarnecki Communications 

Humor
Darren LaCroix, The 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking 
The English-to-American Dictionary - a humorous resource for Americans learning Scottish English
The Good, Clean Funnies List
Jokes Every Day
The Jokemaster's Corner  - Cheshire (CT) Toastmasters
rec.humor.funny - previoulsy Net Funny's  Jokes

Quotes
Bartlett's Quotes
Christian Quotation of the Day
Motivational Mecca's Quote Database - search 
Quotation Center - find quotes by author, subject, or key word
Quote Geek - previously "What's That Line?"
Quoteland.com
The Quotations Page
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Ralph Waldo Emerson Texts - browse the textst; search the site for a specific word, phrase, or quotation; pose questions, discuss the texts; and more
Wisdom Quotes

Presentations
7 Aspects Of A Dynamic Presentation -  Lenny Laskowski
Explosive Presentations:  The 14 Points -  Jim Hallman 
Presentation Helper – "how to best plan for a presentation"
Presentations Magazine  - "for all things connected with presentations"
Presenters University - offers tips for doing better multi-media presentations
The Top 10 Phrases and words to avoid when presentingTerri Levine
  • Software
Desktop Publishing from About.com - offers writing tips, dtp tutorials, information about dtp software, and more
"Get an ovation with your presentation"  -  Jessie Berst's  tips and links are using PowerPoint (although most of the ideas apply to any presentation program)
  • Software - PowerPoint
PowerPoint - THE site 
PowerPoint Hints, Tips and Resources  -  also has a comprehensive collection of links to other PowerPoint sites 
PowerPoint FAQ

 
 
 

speakers

Words
Acronym Finder
AWAD (A Word A Day)
Behind The Name - meaning and history of first names 
Funwords.Com-  a word origins site by Martha Barnette, author of several books on the subject.
William F. Buckley's Word of The Day
Wilton's Word & Phrase Origins - etymology of common words and slang phrases 

  • Dictionaries
English Dictionary
Grandiloquent Dictionarycollection of 2,000 words which are often omitted from dictionaries and are in danger of being eliminated from the English language;  e.g. , “quatrayle” - ( )  One's great great great grandfather.
Newbury House Online Dictionary - search over 40,000 entries to get clear concise definitions and when available related pictures
Oxford English Dictionary - The Oxford English Dictionary Online is available by annual subscription ($$$$$).   Over 615,000 word forms.   See DISCLAIMER STATEMENT  toward the bottom of this section!
The Oxford English Dictionary - Word of the Day  (Free) 
Strange Dictionaries Free - on-line versions of the Dictionary of One-Letter Words, the Dictionary of All-Vowel Words, the Dictionary of All-Consonant Words, and other strange dictionary resources


  • Dictionaries - Other than English  (Polyglots)
The Alternative German Dictionary - list of German slang
German-English Dictionary
The New English-German Dictionary - more than 190,000 translations
  • Dictionaries - Specialty
anthropology- the anthropology site at the U. of California, Santa Barbara.  Browse or search the entire glossary or list terms by one of three fields: Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, or Physical Anthropology.
DOD Dictionary of Military Terms -  of over 6,500 military terms 
FOLDOCFOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecomms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing.
Vexillological Glossary
Vexillology
Webopedia - online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology

Speeches 
Toastmasters
International Convention Videos
Champions and Members   New!


Historical
Abraham Lincoln Online - speeches and writings, timelines, and news
Canada Speaks (in English or French) - Choose from a list:  of Prime Minister's names or pictures, or from a timeline:
 Bienvenue aux Grands discours canadiens - une collection de discours prononcés par les premiers ministres canadiens
 Canada Speaks - collection of speeches by Canadian Prime Ministers
Daniel Webster - speeches
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library - largest academic voice library in the nation
George Washington
Great Speeches - NewsMax.com
Great Speeches from History
History Channel - “hear the words that changed the world”  (RealPlayer needed)
H.M. Queen Noor of Jordan - Official Site,   Speeches - peace/conflict resolution, social development, environment, education and more 
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library  - Site, Speeches
Pope John Paul II - homilies, speeches:   USA (1999)   Trip To Ukraine (23-27 June 2001)   Search for others at EWTN
Ronald Reagan:  Reaganlegacy.org  -   Site, Speeches
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library  -   Site, Speeches  (papers and speeches which were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during President Reagan's term) 
Theodore Roosevelt - Site, Speeches
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