Sharpening Your Speaking Skills
By now, you have probably made many class presentations.One survey revealed that 70 percent of employees who make pre-
sentations say that good presentation skills are important to career success.33 Yet 
discomfort with public speaking holds some employees back.An advantage of giv-
ing class presentations is the chance to develop speaking skills.Speaking skills
refer to the ability to communicate information and ideas by talking so others 
will understand.