Recommended Resources - CMM 308 - Persuasive Communication

Ted Talks Podcast

Polls and Public Opinion

iPoll
The largest archives of public opinion polls with over 500,000 questions and answers asked in the U.S. since 1935.

ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization serving member colleges and universities by providing access to a large database of machine-readable social science data sets.

Roper Polling
Mostly US polling data beginning in the 1930s.

Helpful Websites

Social Justice and Human Rights Speeches
Collection of persuasive speeches on social justice and human rights.
TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
Inspiring collection of presentations that could be analyzed for their persuasive (or not so persuasive) abilities.
Miller Center Presidential Speech Archive
This is a collection of presidential speeches.
How to Give a Killer Presentation
Article from the Harvard Business Review on how to deliver a presentation.

Researching a Controversial Issue

CQ Researcher
Basic overview on controversial issues in the United States. Includes Pro/Con and timline
Points of View Reference Source
Points of View is designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects.

Creating Your Resume and Cover Letter

Persuasive Cover Letter
How to write a persuasive cover letter.
Purdue Owl Resume Builder
Build your resume, step by step.
Big List of Powerful Words
A list of some of the most powerful words in the English language.

Help with Party Persuasion Assignment

American Political Parties and Elections by L. Sandy Maisel
ISBN: 0195301226

Publication Date: 2007-08-10
Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This by Luke Sullivan; Sam Bennett (As told to); Sam Bennett
ISBN: 1118101332

Publication Date: 2012-03-06