Links to leverage your speech preparation

Bob ‘Idea Man’ Hooey, A/S links
Bob’s site: http://www.ideaman.net 
http://www.canadaone.com/ezine/oct02/communication_sales.html
http://www.canadaone.com/bio/bob_hooey.html

Having access to reference materials will give you and edge in crafting your speech and in making it more relevant to your audience. Here are a few of my book marked sites. Explore! If you find some new ones please let me know, as I am always looking and open to learn. Bob at: ideaman@canada.com 

On line reference links
3M provides some great advice and access to professionals:
http://www.3m.com/special/meetingnetwork/meetthepros/cp_done.jhtml
Barb’s advice on words helps you craft your message to convey clearly:
http://www.3m.com/special/meetingnetwork/meetthepros/cp_done.jhtml
Emotional intelligence: http://www.eiconsortium.org/
Forrester Research http://www.forrester.com/home/
Toastmasters BC:  http://www.toastmasters.bc.ca
Canadian Association of Professional Speakers: http://www.canadianspeakers.org 
NSA site http://www.nsaspeaker.org/
Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE is very generous with her wisdom: 
http://www.fripp.com/forspeaker.html#articles
Going places and need a map? http://www.ersys.com/
Brain darts for creative thinking http://www.braindarts.com/index_ns.cfm
Meeting themes, scripts, ideas from the Writing Works http://www.thewritingworks.com/
National Storytelling Network http://www.storynet.org/
Magazine research on line portal http://www.magportal.com/
Word wizardry and quotes http://www.rhymezone.com/
Extensive on line research library http://www.researchville.com/ 
Legal research http://www.surfwax.com/
More on line research http://www.beaucoup.com/
UK’s Research Discovery Network http://www.rdn.ac.uk/
Scholarly and academic research http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Wisenut http://www.wisenut.com/
My friend Vickie Sullivan shares market information that is quite helpful:
http://www.sullivanspeaker.com/tips.htm
Joey Green – Wacky uses & funny stuff http://www.wackyuses.com/
Facilitation http://www.facilitators.com/facilitation_quarterly.htm
Cartoons http://www.cartoonresource.com/
TLC discovery channel http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/teenspecies/teenspecies.html
Quotes – top ten http://www.famous-quotes-and-quotations.com/

Copyright 2000-2002 Bob ‘Idea Man’ Hooey www.ideaman.net All rights reserved.  Bob ‘Idea Man’ Hooey, DTM, A/S is a past District 21 Governor, and the 48th person in the history of Toastmasters to earn their coveted professional level Accredited Speaker Designation. He currently serves as a National Director for the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. His Ideas At Work! have been successfully applied by 1000’s of professionals across North America. He is the author of 6 books, and a frequent contributor to North American consumer, on-line and trade publications.