The steps outlined don't go far enough in my opinion. They stop at 'deliver' as if that was the goal. I've had several roles that involved a lot of presentatio

The steps outlined don't go far enough in my opinion. They stop at 'deliver' as if that was the goal. I've had several roles that involved a lot of presentations and public speaking. I've also been subjected to hundreds of terrible talks. I think I'm reasonably good at it, and my best advice is to start from a place of "think of the audience first". Clarity of the message isn't just an ordering of facts, but people's brains expect a story. I don't mean padding, or a made up narrative with characters. You need to set the stage, deliver your message in a way that engages, and you must have something compelling. But if you can put yourself in their shoes during the preparation and presentation you will find it easier to chop out unnecessary content, change the dynamics, and engage. You are there for them; they may or may not be there for you. This is a tangent, but ... tangents are your enemy. The people I struggle the most to understand never complete a thought they started. That clarity of thought and speech comes from knowing the objective of the next sentence you say, even if you don't know what words you are going use just yet. If even you don't know the point, no one else will either.