15.10 Additional Resources

Visit this site for an “elevator speech” template. http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/files/163926.pdf

Hark.com provides videos of current popular soundbites http://www.hark.com/

“Good quotes/sound bites are the salsa on the nacho chip of our narrative.” http://knightpoliticalreporting.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Choosing-Good-Quotes-Soundbites.pdf

“Getting Maximum Value From The Six Touch Points Of Communications” by Nancy Friedman. http://www.networkingtoday.com/article/Getting%20Maximum%20Value%20from%20the%20Six%
20Touch%20Points%20of%20Communications-175

Visit this Wall Street Journal site for information on succeeding in an employment interview. http://guides.wsj.com/careers/category/how-to-succeed-in-a-job-interview/

“How to conduct a meeting.” http://managementhelp.org/misc/meeting-management.htm

The Official Robert’s Rules of Order Web Site: Robert’s Rules Association is an unincorporated membership association representing Robert’s Rules of Order, the guide to parliamentary procedure. http://www.robertsrules.com

A ten-step article from eHow on how to propose a toast. http://www.ehow.com/how_1383_propose-toast.html

Read an e-zine article by the Advanced Public Speaking Institute. “Being roasted is an honor, but you must be careful to honor people while you are roasting them during a public speaking engagement.” http://ezinearticles.com/?Public-Speaking:-Roast-Humor-and-Insults&id=100203

“Preparing For Your Media Interview” by Judy Jernudd. http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/1578/business_and_finance/preparing_for_your_media_interview.html

“7 Tips on How to Prepare For Mainstream News and Feature Media Interviews” by Amelia Brazell from EzineArticles.com. http://ezinearticles.com/?News-Media-Interviews—7- Tips-on-How-to-Prepare-For-Mainstream-News-and-Feature-Media-Interviews&id=1178440

Read the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists. http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp

How to introduce a speaker — the art of giving (and receiving) a great introduction, by Nick Morgan. http://publicwords.com/how-to-introduce-a-speaker-the-art-of-giving-and-receiving-a-great-introduction/

“How to Give an Acceptance Speech” by Patricia Fripp from The Sideroad. http://www.sideroad.com/Public_Speaking/acceptance_speech.html

Visit this site for a pamphlet on how to serve as a master of ceremonies. http://www.usda.org/trifold/IS04503.pdf

“Why Pass on Viral Messages? Because They Connect Emotionally,” a Harvard Business Online article by Angela Dobele, Adam Lindgreen, Michael Beverland, Joelle Vanhamme, and Robert Van Wijk. https://hbr.org/product/why-pass-on-viral-messages-because-they-connect-emotionally/BH239-PDF-ENG

License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Business Communication for Success Copyright © 2015 by University of Minnesota is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.