Public speaking is a skill, not a talent

- [Narrator] One thing that I'd like to make clear is that public speaking doesn't just happen when you stand up on stage in front of a group of people with a microphone and a spotlight on you. Public speaking is something that happens every single day. Speaking up on a conference call, speaking up in a meeting, asking a question at a conference even if you're not on the panel, interviewing, pitching, speaking to clients, speaking to leadership. All of these are examples of public speaking. So once people recognize A, that public speaking happens every single day and B, to some of your earliest questions, that it's critical how we come across to others to how we can effectively build relationships. Then all of a sudden it becomes so important that we learn and become comfortable with this skill because it affects every aspect of our life, professional and personal, and makes us more impactful in whatever it is that we…