Westside Toastmasters is located in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, California
Appendix A: References
Ailes, Roger, with Jon Kraushar. You Are the Message: Getting What You Want By Being Who You Are. New York: Doubleday.
Arredondo, Lani. How to Present Like a Pro. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Booher, Dianna. Speak With Confidence: Powerful Presentations That Inform Inspire and Persuade. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Broad, Mary and John Newstrom. Transfer of Training: Action-Packed Strategies to Ensure High Payoff from Training Investments. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
Brody, Marjorie and Shawn Kent. Power Presentations: How to Connect with Your Audience and Sell Your Ideas. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Brody, Marjorie. Speaking Your Way to the Top: Making Powerful Business Presentations (Part of the Essence of Public Speaking Series). New York: Allyn & Bacon.
Carnegie, Dale. The Quick & Easy Way to Effective Speaking. New York: Pocket Books.
Charney, Cy. The Portable Mentor: Your Complete Guide to Getting Ahead in the Workplace. Toronto, Ontario: Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd.
Cooper, Betty K. Speak With Power: Six Steps and Eight Keys for Speaking Success. Calgary, AB: Pow!-R Publications.
Dawson, Roger. Secrets of Power Persuasion: Everything You'll Ever Need to Get Anything You'll Ever Want. New York: Prentice Hall.
Decker, Bert with James Demey. You've Got to Be Believed to Be Heard. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Diestra, Diane. Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz. Madison, Wis.: Chandler House Press.
Glickstein, Lee. Be Heard Now! Tap Into Your Inner Speaker and Communicate With Ease. New York: Broadway Books.
Hoff, Ron and Barrie Maguire (Illustrator). I Can See You Naked: A Fearless Guide to Making Great Presentations. Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews McMeel.
Hoff, Ron. Say It In Six. Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews and McMeel.
Hoff, Ron. Do Not Go Naked into Your Next Presentation: Nifty Little Nuggets to Quiet the Nerves and Please the Crowd. Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews and McMeel.
Humes, James C. Podium Humor: A Raconteur's Treasury of Witty and Humorous Stories. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers Inc.
Humes, James C. The Sir Winston Method: The Five Secrets of Speaking the Language of Leadership. New York: William Morrow and Co., Inc.
Humes, James C. More Podium Humor: Using Wit and Humor in Every Speech You Make. New York: Harper Perennial.
Humes, James C. Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers. Roseville, Calif.: Prima Publishing.
Jeary, Tony. Inspire Any Audience. Tulsa, Okla.: Trade Life Books, Inc.
Leech, Thomas. How to Prepare, Stage, & Deliver Winning Presentations. New York: AMACOM.
Linkletter, Art. Public Speaking for Private People. Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.
Mandel, Steve. Effective Presentation Skills: A Practical Guide for Better Speaking, 3rd Edition. Los Altos, Calif.: Crisp Publications, Inc.
Matekja, Ken and Diane Ramos. Hook 'em. New York: American Management Association.
Noonan, Peggy. On Speaking Well: How to Give a Speech with Style, Substance, and Clarity. New York: First Regan Books/Harper Perennial.
Paulson, Terry. 50 Tips for Speaking Like a Pro. Menlo Park, Calif.: Crisp Publications, Inc.
Peoples, Aaron A. Presentations Plus (Second Edition). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Robertson, Jeanne. Don't Let the Funny the Funny Stuff Get Away. Houston, Tex.: Rich Publishing Company.
Slutsky, Jeff and Michael Aun. The Toastmasters International Guide to Successful Speaking: Overcoming Your Fears, Winning Over Your Audience, Building Your Business & Career. Chicago, Ill.: Dearborn Financial Publishing, Inc.
Smith, Terry C. Making Successful Presentations. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Spicer, Keith. Winging It: Everybody's Guide to Making Speeches Fly Without Notes. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company.
Spicer, Keith. Think on Your Feet: How to Organize Ideas to Persuade any Audience. Toronto, Ontario: Doubleday Canada Ltd.
Stevenson, Doug. Never Be Boring Again. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Cornelia Press.
Thomas, Stafford H. Personal Skills in Public Speech. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Toogood, Granville N. The Articulate Executive. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Urs Bender, Peter. Secrets of Power Presentations. Toronto, Ontario: WEBCOM.
Walters, Lilly. What to Say When ... You're Dying on the Platform: A Complete Resource for Speakers, Trainers, and Executives. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Wohlmuth, Ed. The Overnight Guide to Public Speaking. Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press.
Wydro, Kenneth. Think on Your Feet: The Art of Thinking and Speaking Under Pressure. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Quotations / Anecdotes
Bartlett, John and Justin Kaplan, (Ed.) Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature 17th Edition. New York: Little, Brown & Co.
Simpson, James B. (Ed.). Simpson's Contemporary Quotations: Most Notable Quotes from 1950 to Present. New York: HarperResource.
Safire, William and Leonard Safir, (Eds.). Words of Wisdom: More Good Advice. New York: Simon & Schuster, A Fireside Book.
Prochnow, Herbert. A Treasury of Humorous Quotations for Speakers, Writers and Home Reference. New York: Harper Collins.
Language and Grammar
Bernstein, Theodore M. Do's, Don'ts and Maybes of English Usage. New York: Times Books.
Strunk, William Jr. and E.B. White. The Elements of Style 4th Edition. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Allyn & Bacon.
Miscellaneous Reference
Wetterau, Bruce. New York Public Library Book of Chronologies. New York: Hungry Minds Inc..
Park, Ken. World Almanac and Book of Facts. New York: [World Almanac] Scripps Howard Company
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