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Course check

3 questions. Get them all right and the Heard Out seal is yours. Get one wrong and you can reread and try again — as many times as you like, and nothing is recorded against you.

1. What should you decide before preparing anything?

   The one sentence they must leave withHow many slides the time allowsWhat questions are likely to come up

2. Why keep script text off the slides?

   It looks unprofessionalThe room reads faster than you speak, and stops listeningSlides should always be images

3. Which of these actually helps with nerves?

   Rehearsing aloud and knowing your first two sentences by heartReading the deck through in your head several timesSpeaking quickly to get past the opening