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Skipping Rehearsal is Ludicrous: A Must-Hear Analogy #businessgrowth #podcast #customerexperience

Name: Skipping Rehearsal is Ludicrous: A Must-Hear Analogy #businessgrowth #podcast #customerexperience
Uploaded: 2025-02-16T23:40:43+00:00
Duration: 1 min 14 s
Channel: Jason S Bradshaw
Description: A brief two-speaker discussion arguing that rehearsal is essential: treat a pitch or presentation as a performance that requires repeated practice to…

16 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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A brief two-speaker discussion arguing that rehearsal is essential: treat a pitch or presentation as a performance that requires repeated practice to build poise and coordination. The speakers note that even experienced presenters rehearse (sometimes up to many repetitions) to ensure delivery and to manage nerves—practical behavior includes last-night rehearsals in hotel rooms.

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Not prioritizing rehearsal is like the person producing a play. We're going to spend up the opening day writing the play, and then we're just going to go out there and do it. That's the third concept. It is a performance. The more skillful you are, the more poised you are, the more perfected you are, the more you refer to one another, the more likely you are to be successful.
Yeah, I think that's a great reminder. I know myself, that I still find myself in hotel rooms the night before delivering a presentation. I will, of course, know the content. I will, of course, have delivered the content in various ways, maybe dozens, if not hundreds of times, but I still want to make sure I land it. The next day, I'll be awkwardly in my hotel room, often wondering whether the person next door can hear me and if they think that I've lost my marbles for the night or something. Because I'll be, you know, going over and making sure that not only that the content's fresh in my mind, but that I'm ready to present and that I think that's a great way not only to deliver a great presentation or great pitch, but also a great way to manage your nerves. Because. Because even if you've done it 100 times, you still have some nervous energy because you care, you want to do a great job, so really appreciate you reinforcing the need for people to practice the pitch.