An Excerpt From 'Speak With Courage'

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In chapter 31 of Speak With Courage I particularly liked that the book said, "it is not the quantity of your speech but the quality that matters the most." Sometimes I find myself trying to make my speech long enough to meet the length requirement. After reading this the thing that is more important is the qualify of my ideas and the content within my speech. In chapter 35 of Speak With Courage it explained about visual aids. This clarified some questions I previously had about visual aids. For my presentations in class I have been wondering lately what is acceptable for a visual aid. The book explained that less is more with visual aids. This is good advice because listening in the audience, sometimes I tend to tune out the presentations

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