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6 of the world’s best blogs for presenters
If you’re looking for world-class blogs to help you present, here are 6 of the very best…
Speaking About Presenting
http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/Blogger: Olivia Mitchell Posting frequency: Sadly there’ve been no new posts since February 2012 – but the site has years of archives, and Olivia is still publishing readers’ comments.
To me, Speaking About Presenting has some of the world’s best content on the topic, and also includes many useful comments from other top bloggers. Two of the blog’s real strengths are that the content is so concise, and so well thought out.
Six Minutes
http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/Blogger: Andrew Dlugan Posting frequency: About 6 per month
Named after the length of a typical speech at Toastmasters, in my view Six Minutes is another of the world’s top blogs about presenting. Of all its features, among the best are the detailed & balancedcritiques of well-known speeches. Andrew has gone to great lengths on those, sharing colour-coded transcripts of several of the speeches to highlight aspects such as stories and rhetorical questions.
Presentation Expressions
http://presentationexpressions.com/Blogger: Carl Kwan Posting frequency: About 4 per month
Presentation Expressions specialises in short videos that demonstrate techniques in a clear and engaging way. Very usefully, most posts also include a transcript and – unusually – a downloadable copy of the video in case you want to watch it offline.
Great Speaking Coach
greatspeakingcoach.com [Link removed – blog’s no longer online] Blogger: Susan Trivers Posting frequency: About 6 per month
On Great Speaking Coach, Susan Trivers offers fantastic, well-tried advice. In particular, I believe her approaches to storytelling and to structuring presentations are priceless.
Manner of Speaking
http://mannerofspeaking.org/Blogger: John Zimmer Posting frequency: About 6 per month
Manner of Speaking has been around since 2009 and contains extensive archives. Many of the posts feature videos of speeches, so you can see and hear great examples of the points John’s discussing.
Speaking PowerPoint
http://speakingppt.com/blog/Blogger: Bruce Gabriel Posting frequency: On average 3 per month
The Speaking PowerPoint blog contains some very perceptive and innovative content from the author of the book with the same name. As well as the written posts, check out Bruce’s series of video tips for more great ideas.
Now that I’ve listed some of my favourite blogs, it’s…
Over to you
Of all the blogs you’ve seen, which are your favourites, and why?
Of the blogs in this post, which aspects do you like most, and why?
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