Effective Presentations: How to Put Your Best Foot Forward

Brian Stype, director of the CFA Institute Research Challenge, interviews Susan Mach on how to best prepare for and execute an effective presentation. Susan Mach is a communication trainer, coach and strategist who works with a broad array of clients, including top management and staff. She is a partner in Mach Creative Services, a woman-owned, full-service communication firm. The firm helps clients communicate clearly, crisply and compellingly to the media, shareholders, analysts, customers, employees, consumer advocates, nonprofits and public officials. It also coaches executives in business writing and presenting, and it produces online reports, videos, annual reports, Web content, press conferences and executive speeches. For more information on Susan Mach, please visit her website: http://www.lsmach.com/index.html.