The best way to rehearse is to start as far in advance as possible. But since you just need your speech to be pretty good—not world class—I will cut you some slack. Don’t bother rehearsing until the day before the speech is due. And you don’t have to practice in front of a mirror (that will only make you paranoid about your nose or your hair). Instead, all you need to do is rehearse once in front of a tiny video camera, either a cell phone camera or webcam.

This article was taken from my new book “How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation” You can order a copy from Amazon.com or from your local bookstore.