by The Open University
Available in 42 free installments
Owner:
Gordon Bell (1987) The Secrets of Successful Speaking and Business Presentations, Heinemann.
Vivian Buchan (1995) Make Presentations with Confidence, Cassell.
Tony Buzan (2003) Use Your Head, 6th edn, BBC Consumer Publishing. (A very useful book on ?mind maps?.)
Dale Carnegie (2001) The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking, Pocket Books.
Sally Cook (1998) Guide for Public Speakers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Ros Jay and Antony Jay (2003) Effective Presentation, Davies Black.
Peter Kenny (1982) A Handbook of Public Speaking for Scientists and Engineers, Institute of Physics Publishing.
Dorothy Leeds (2000) The 7 Powers of Questions, Perigee Books.
Steve Mandel (2000) Effective Presentation Skills, 3rd edn, Crisp Publications Inc.
Robert Nelson and Jennifer Wallick (1990) Making Effective Presentations, Scott, Foresman.
Andrew Northedge, Jeff Thomas, Andrew Lane and Alice Peasgood (1997) ?Chapter 3: Working with diagrams?, The Sciences Good Study Guide, The Open University. (This chapter offers excellent examples and advice on how to create and use diagrams to great effect. It covers spray diagrams, graphs, figures and flowcharts. You may also find this text useful for making notes and supporting your preparation phase in making presentations.)
Open University, OU Student Toolkit 4 ? Reading and Note Taking, OU Student Toolkit 5 ? Essay and Report Writing Skills, available from all Regional Centres.
Open University (1996), B570 Presentation Skills Handbook, Open University Press.
Malcolm Peel (1995) Improving your Presentation Skills, Kogan Page.
Nicky Stanton (1996) Mastering Communication, Macmillan Press.
Cristina Stuart (1988) Effective Speaking, Pan.
Websites are a valuable source of ideas and developments in the field of presenting. Apart from Hints and Tips pages, there are case studies and the latest in the technology available for presentation support.
http://www.presentations.com , accessed 6 October 2006. Everything about presentations as this is the site for a magazine about the subject! Use the ?Archives? to read the range of articles about presentations ? for example, the latest on web copyright crackdown, chart design tips, digital imaging report, and so on.
http://www.google.co.uk , accessed 6 October 2006. A very fast search engine which will help you to identify up-to-date information on your chosen topics. Don't forget things like ?quotations? which are available via this search engine.
