Speech-Writing Resources

Public speaking tips

• Speech Topics Help, Advice and Ideas (Free speech topics lists with more than 4,000 persuasive, informative and other speech ideas, speech writing tips, how to guides and tutorials for public speaking.)
•  Public Speaking Institute
  (lots of great articles)
• Guide to Public Speaking
  (An index to a large collection of websites related to Public Speaking. Many articles here for that would benefit Speechcrafters.)
• Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking (Includes lots of links to tips on public speaking, relaxation techniques and resources for public speaking)
• Guide to Public Speaking
  (an index of over 30 websites about aspects of public speaking)
•  Public Speaking Links
  (Self Improvement Online)
• SpeakerNet Newsletter
• Presentations Magazine

Quotation sources

• Bartleby (An online reference tool that links all the great collections of literature, quotations, etc.)
• Quotations Centre
• Inspiration Peak (Small in quantity but high in quality)
• Bartlett's Quotations
• The Land of Quotes
• Quotation Reference
• The Quotations Archive
• Quoteland (A good site to check if you're looking for a humorous quote or a quote relevant to a particular speech topic, as it collects mainly modern quotes.)
• Quotez
• Quotes from Literature
• Success Net quotations
• Aphorisms Galore
• Quotes of the Day
• Motivational Quotes

Recommended Resources

• Wikipedia (the free encyclopaedia)
• Reference.com (incorporating
• Dictionary.com,
• Thesaurus.com and Encyclopedia.com)
• How Stuff Works

Other Resources

• National Library of Australia
• Internet Public Library An index of trusted websites incorporating the Librarian's Internet Index (an excellent resource)
• Refdesk (the single best source for facts on the net)
• Library Spot (a great overall resource)
• Search Encyclopaedia Britannica online
• Roget's Thesaurus Biographies of 25,000 people
• Biograhical Dictionary of 33,000 people
• Project Gutenberg of Australia (Access over 14,000 books that are in the public domain)
• The Ultimate Collection of Online Calculators

Humour

• Humournet (A large collection of jokes and one-liners)
• Museum of Humour (A very comprehensive index of a wide range of humour websites)

Funny information

• Useless Information
• Today In History
• Any-Day-in-History

Personal enrichment

• The Positive Press
• Living Life Fully An extensive collection of inspirational and motivational material

Stories

• Heroic Stories
• This is true