Effective speeches are important pieces of a presentation, but not as important as keeping your audience engaged. Speakers who fail to connect with their audiences within the first 30-60 seconds tend to lose them to social media, texting, daydreaming, and even sleep. With a focus on planning, practicing, and presenting, this course teaches learners the important steps involved in not only presenting effectively, but keeping an audience engaged from the start to the end of a presentation.