The ability to bore an audience and inspire them to reach for their smartphones is all too common. When choosing your stories, be sure that they support your main point. This is not always easy. Knowing your material isn’t enough, you must be excited and eager to share your information with the audience. People are far too busy to invest even 5 minutes into a speaker who doesn’t feel passion for the topic. The nice side effect is that really great speaking skills also give you confidence that can help you with things like developing relationships and networking. To help, here are seven things to teach you how to write and deliver your own world-class talk. “Given a choice, most people would rather hear an unimportant story well-told, than hear important information presented in a dull and un-enthusiastic style”.