Keep Adding to Your Presentations Knowledge

  • Go back to the classroom. Sign up for an in-house training seminar. Take a college class after work. Ask the boss to send you to a public seminar. Many people duck these learning opportunities— "Don't have time. . . . Don't need it anyway. . . . I hate to give speeches." They stagnate while their colleagues grab the opportunity and grow.

  • Watch and learn from good speakers, and poor ones. Make every presentation you see—at work, in church, at club meetings, from political campaigners, or from television speakers—a learning opportunity. Determine what keeps you tuned in or nudges you toward sleep.

  • Buy another book or several, beyond this one (unless you're reading a borrowed copy). May I recommend

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