Resources & Tools

Books

Yes, there are seemingly thousands of books out there on speaking; these are ones I recommend. Full disclosure: Book links are part of an Amazon Affiliate program; a small commission will come back to me if you purchase from them. 

• I'd Rather Die Than Give a Speech! - by Michael Klepper. Covers many topics in bite-sized pieces.
• It Factor, The - by Mark Wiskup.
• Little Green Book of Getting Your Way, The - by Jeffrey Gitomer.
• Power Presenter, The - by Jerry Weissman.
• Presentation SOS - by Mark Wiskup.
• Presenting to Win - by Jerry Weissman.
• Speak Up With Confidence - by Jack Valenti. Has valuable information on how to speak on camera.
• Steal the Show - by Michael Port. Focuses on staging.
• Win the Crowd - by Steve Cohen.
• World Class Speaking & World Class Speaking In Action - by Mitch Meyerson & Craig Valentine. Covers speech building as well as getting paid.
• You Already Know How to Be Great - by Alan Fine.  

Education & Training

Note: These require subscriptions or payments, but will take you to the next level.

• Craig Valentine Academy - Access all of Craig's programs online.
• CreativeLive - Several different classes.
• Dale Carnegie Training
• FrippVT - Patricia Fripp's virtual training.
• LinkedIn Learning - Online courses on several topics; now has Lynda.com's content as well.
• PluralSight - Online training primarily for IT, but has some speaking training.
  
• Stage Time University - Darren LaCroix's online programs and courses.
• Udemy - Online courses on several topics.

Podcasts

• NSA Voices of Experience 
• Steal the Show - after the book of the same name by Michael Port.
• Toastmasters Podcast 

Products

• Logitech R800 Remote Presenter - My preferred PowerPoint control.
• Logitech Spotlight Remote Presenter

Organizations

• Association of Talent Development - For trainers
• National Speakers' Association - For when you want to get paid to speak.
  

Services

• Blogger - Want to start a blog? Here's one free service for you.
• gMail - If you need an e-mail account for your Toastmasters-related 
• Wordpress - Another blogging service.

Software

Many of these are low or no cost options you may find useful in your speaking career. Most of these are for Windows.

• Audacity audio editor - Need to edit audio recordings? Audacity is for you.
• FreePlane - Mind mapping application.
• HitFilm Express - Video editing software. Express version is free, but requires registration.
• KeePass password safe - Useful for storing account information.
• LibreOffice office suite - Don't have Microsoft Office? This is for you.
• Lightworks - Video editing software.
• Notepad++ - Text editor.
• Open Live Writer - Want a blog editing tool? Here you go.
• Paint.net - Picture editor.
• ShareX screen capture - Has several uses for recording content on your screen.
• Shotcut - Video editing software.
• SumatraPDF - My preferred PDF reader (though for PDFs with forms, you'll want Adobe Reader)
• ToDoList - Great to do list manager which allows for nested tasks.

Websites

• Speaker Match
• Speakernet News
• Tell Online - Online webinar directory
• Toastmasters Wiki - Unofficial.