Are you needing to write and give a presentation? Here are some resources to help you prepare for your time behind the podium.

Writing Posts from Lifehack

• Improve Your Writing With Word Limits
• Writing Research Papers
• Hunt, Gather, and Build: A Review of “Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method”
• Edit This Post on Editing
• Deirdre McCloskey on Writing
• Just Keep Writing!

Article

• George Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”

Books on Writing

• How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
• On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft
• Economical Writing
• Office Of Assertion: An Art Of Rhetoric For Academic Essay
• How to be Human*: *Though an Economist

Books on Productivity

• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
• Your Best Just Got Better: Work Smarter, Think Bigger, Make More
• Get Momentum: How to Start When You’re Stuck
• Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
• Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
• The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
• The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
• Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
• So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

Speechmaking Tips

• Toastmasters International Public Speaking Tips
• 7 Things to Do When You Have to Give a Short Speech
• 10 Tips for Giving a Great Speech
• How To Give A Good Speech
• How to Give Good Speech Presentations in College

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