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The document outlines an action plan for improving public speaking skills, detailing eight steps including researching courses, attending classes, and preparing a presentation. It also addresses potential obstacles, such as scheduling conflicts with a softball team, and emphasizes the importance of prioritizing tasks and fitting them into an existing schedule. The plan includes specific deadlines for each step to ensure timely completion.

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The document outlines an action plan for improving public speaking skills, detailing eight steps including researching courses, attending classes, and preparing a presentation. It also addresses potential obstacles, such as scheduling conflicts with a softball team, and emphasizes the importance of prioritizing tasks and fitting them into an existing schedule. The plan includes specific deadlines for each step to ensure timely completion.

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creating an action plan to ac hie ve your goals 111

1. Research the public speaking courses at local colleges and training schools.

Time to complete: 2 hours of surfing the Internet and making calls.

2. Review the materials and select the best course for me. Time to complete: 2

hours.

3. Register for the course. Time to complete: half hour.

4. Attend the course. Time to complete: 2 hours a week for 6 weeks (if I do the

community college course).

5. Complete research for presentation. Time to complete: 10 hours.

6. Prepare presentation. Time to complete: 2 hours.

7. Practice presenting research. Time to complete: 2 hours.

8. Present research at the meeting. Time to complete: 1 hour.

What obstacles or roadblocks do you anticipate facing? How will you deal with these
situations when they arise? My softball team practice is on Wednesday nights,
and the community college course is on the same night. If this is the best course,

I’ll have to miss the first half of the season. John (team captain) will probably

give me a hard time. I’ll explain how important this promotion is to me.

I think the class might be hard for me—I really hate public speaking. I’ll

focus on my goal and remind myself why it is important for me to learn this

skill.

With all of this information in place, Ed can take each of the eight steps involved
in improving his speaking skills and rearrange them in order of priority. In this exam-
ple, the steps are chronological so what Ed needs to focus on is fitting each of the
steps into his existing schedule.
He puts each step into his planner so that he is sure that he can accomplish
his goal in time.
He prioritizes the eight steps as follows:

1. Research courses.

To be completed: this evening (Monday, October 3), between 7p.m. and

9p.m.

2. Read material and select best course.

To be completed: Thursday evening (October 6), between 8p.m. and 10p.m.

3. Register for course.

To be completed: Friday morning (October 7)

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