Final Thoughts
I want to close this book by giving you some general advice about how you can improve your public speaking style and technique. I have intentionally left this section for the very end of the book, because compared with the tips in the earlier chapters many of the things I will say here cannot be actioned immediately but will require a longer-term approach to implement.
Presentation excellence is never accidental! Everyone needs to work hard at developing their skills.
It is a difficult process, but public speaking is so important that careers have been advanced or derailed based on a presentation. Deals have been won or lost depending on the outcome of a presentation. Non-profits and volunteer organizations have won funding or folded up their tents depending on their performance in a presentation.
Presentations matter. And it is something very worthy of our commitment and lifelong study.
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