When you have an opportunity to present yourself and your company in a speech to a room full of prospects, it seems obvious that you arrive prepared to impress your audience. Naturally, you would carefully prepare your talk taking time to craft it (and any visuals that accompany it) and embellish it with humor, quotations, and references to the audience. You would rehearse your talk a number of times, perhaps video tape it or practice it in front of a mirror to work on your