06/10/2024

How to Practice Your Presentation

Few professionals practice them at all

Any professional who expects to excel at an activity must take it seriously. That’s why:

• Elite athletes condition themselves and practice their sport endlessly, picking up thousands of reps to build muscle memory.
• Special operations forces train on the same few actions relentlessly, often thousands of times to ingrain their instant reactions.
• Emergency room doctors go deep in crisis medicine training to deal with an unending line of unexpected traumas.

High-stakes presentations

While giving business presentations is not nearly as critical or heroic as these professions, leaders have a lot on the line with important speaking events, virtual or in-person. The ability to communicate is often the one factor that makes or breaks their careers.

And given the stress and anxiety that many people feel during high-stakes presentations, they might actually have the feeling of life-or-death situations.

Please select this link to read the complete blog post from John Millen.