Communication skills are often called a "soft skill." This is a misnomer. It is very easy to compile hard data on whether your presentation skills efforts are effective or not. Just ask your audience. Any time you finish speaking to an audience, whether it is one person, a group of peers or clients, or even an audience of millions on TV, all you have to do is ask people what they remember. If they remember your key messages, that means you were effective. Don't be afraid to ask.

For example, Udemy and I are always trying to figure out how to make these courses better. Udemy either already has or soon will be asking you to rate this course. I would respectfully ask you to message me directly with any feedback and suggestions you have on how to make this a 5-star course (if it is not already a 5 -star course in your opinion). If you can't think of any needed improvements, please go ahead and leave an honest review.

I assure you that I personally read all feedback and try to make as many improvements as possible to the course. This is also, not coincidentally, the exact same approach I recommend to you as a means of constantly improving all of your presentations, speeches, media interviews and conversations.

Thanks,

TJ

P.S. If you feel like giving or updating a review (perhaps after I’ve made some improvements with your help), there are two easy ways to do that. 1) Click on the star rating on the course cards on your My Courses page 2) Click on the star rating on the course dashboard. Thanks again.