Delivering Your Speech

Leah has spent three weeks working to prepare the largest presentation of her professional career: a seminar on how her department managed to increase enrollment by more than double the projected rate. She knows this presentation will be attended by many people that could help her advance in her career. She wants to give the best performance she can. Once she has finished preparing the presentation, she sets out practicing her presentation. The entire week before her seminar, she practices in different ways. First, she practices in her bathroom, talking to her mirror. Then, she begins to practice for her dog, who happily listens to the whole speech as many times as Leah wants. Finally, she records her speech so she can find the things that need to change.