In this podcast, Brian Stype, Director of the CFA Institute Research Challenge, interviews Susan Mach on preparing for and giving an effective presentation. Topics in this podcast include familiarizing yourself with the presentation space and equipment, preparing for worst-case scenarios, interacting with your teammates, and more. 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.