UPON COMPLETING THIS CHAPTER’S TRAINING, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

1. Demonstrate how developing public speaking skills can help you realize personal, professional, and societal goals
    
2. List and explain the essential elements of communication
    
3. Assess your confidence as a speaker
    
4. Identify the sources of public speaking anxiety
    
5. Use systematic desensitization, power posing, cognitive restructuring, centering, and skills training to alleviate symptoms of speech apprehension and build confidence