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by Logan Scisco
Several weeks ago in a pre-season piece and in another strategy piece on tips for success, I stressed that reading is an important element in becoming a better extemporaneous speaker. The more that you know about the world, the more confident you will be about speaking about various topics ranging from Medicare to Syria to Mali. However, while reading is an important skill that extempers need to acquire, reading effectively is really what an aspiring extempers need to do so this strategy piece will provide some tips on how to do this.