If you were to ask me what I consider to the most important skill for professionals today, presentation skills would be somewhere in the top. I’m not the only one who feels strongly about this. TED CEO Chris Anderson says, “Presentation literacy isn’t an optional extra for the few. It’s a core skill for the twenty-first century.” My own career is a testament to this. Whether as an HR manager with Intel Corporation, a business consultant with such companies as eBay and PayPal, or as a business management professor and lecturer, presentation skills have been a cornerstone of my career.