Matt Abrahams

It amazes me when I work with senior leaders of companies, and they'll say, oh, I practiced the presentation once or twice, and I'm ready to go.

And I think, think about a stand-up comedian, how many times they practice their routine over and over again.

How can in just one or two times flipping through the slides, you have that content?

So getting it out, practicing it, getting the reps, absolutely important.

One person, 10 people, nobody.

It needs to be practiced.

You and I talked prior and I shared with you, I've done martial arts for a long time.

And when you learn a new move, you learn it in the air and you can become a really great, you can do that move really well.

But then when you meet another person and have to practice that move, that's where reality sets in.

And that's exactly what you're talking about.

You have to experience it in reality, in the real world, and then you see where you're really at.

One new world that I think is really interesting with regard to this rehearsal is there's some VR tools now that you can actually dawn and practice the presentation.

And you can see a simulated audience.

And in some of these tools, you can actually program the audience's responses.

You can say they're favorable or they're ignoring you.

So you can desensitize yourself.

And I think that's a really interesting vehicle for people, especially people who are phobic, to desensitize, to get in the goggles and practice the presentation.

And some of them you can actually, if you have slides, you can upload the slides and you can practice referring to them.

So I think it's not only in reality, but in virtual reality, we can practice and prepare too.

Yeah, I think improvisation is a wonderful way to get better at communicating.