<story><title>Stand Out as a Speaker</title><url>https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6455/834.full</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ziddoap</author><text>I feel like any conversation about speaking&amp;#x2F;presenting skills should have a link to Patrick Henry Winston&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;How To Speak&amp;quot; presentation.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=RjbmPuhuFv0&amp;amp;list=PL9F536001A3C605FC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=RjbmPuhuFv0&amp;amp;list=PL9F536001A...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Stand Out as a Speaker</title><url>https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6455/834.full</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bsder</author><text>The biggest advice to a speaker giving a fixed speech is: PRACTICE!&lt;p&gt;People never put in enough practice on a speech.  When I build a new speech, I practice it with a clock and record myself.   And then edit the speech.  And then deliver the speech again.  And do it again.  And again.  And again.&lt;p&gt;By the time I&amp;#x27;m done, you can take my slides, destroy my computer, put the room in a war zone, and I can still deliver that speech cold and make it at least passably interesting to the audience.&lt;p&gt;Yes, making a good speech is a ton of work.  I don&amp;#x27;t do it often, and when I do I try to make sure I can give that speech multiple times to amortize some of the work.</text></comment>