Nice work. You’ve found my heavily-guarded* collection of resources to help with your speaking confidence.
TED (and Other) Talks
Alex Honnold – ‘How I Climbed a 3,000-Foot Vertical Cliff Without Ropes’
Simon Sinek – ‘How Great Leaders Inspire Action’ (Start With Why)
Amy Cuddy – ‘Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are’
James Mickens – ‘Computers are a Sadness, I am the Cure’
Ethan Hawke – ‘Give Yourself Permission to Be Creative’
Brian Upton – ‘30 Things I Hate About Your Game Pitch’
Andrew Stanton – ‘The Clues to a Good Story’
Ken Robinson – ‘Do Schools Kill Creativity?’
Brene Brown – ‘The Power of Vulnerability’
Matthew Winkler – ‘What Makes a Hero?’
Ricky Gervais – How He Learned to Write
Malcolm Gladwell – ‘David and Goliath’
Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories
Reservoir Dogs clip: ‘Commode Story’ (warning: contains profanity)
Jerry Seinfeld – ‘How to Write a Joke’
* Clearly it has no guards. Or any kind of security, to be honest. But I think ‘The Vault’ is a lot more interesting than ‘Useful Links and Resources’.
Books
‘The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers’ – Christopher Vogler
‘Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway’ – Susan Jeffers
‘Do/Story’ – Bobette Buster
‘How to Write Everything’ by David Quantick
‘resonate’ and ‘slide:ology’ by Nancy Duarte
‘Level Up Your Life’ by Steve Kamb
‘You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life’ – Jen Sincero
‘Sales on a Beermat’ by Mike Southon and Chris West
Podcasts
Malcolm Gladwell – Revisionist History
Articles and Websites
‘How to Move Your Presentation Audience With This Powerful Story Technique’ – Nancy Duarte
‘Hug the Monkey’ (with links to ‘Pet the Lizard’ and ‘Feed the Mouse’) – Rick Hanson
‘What Your 6 Favorite Movies Have in ‘Common’ – Sara McGuire
‘My Boris Story’ – Jeremy Vine
‘The Flash Drives’ – Seth Godin
‘The Hero’s Journey’ – wikipedia
Very British Problems Twitter account
PowerPoint Templates and Ideas
Here’s my Pinterest board with a ton of templates to get you inspired.