To be a good speaker, we must first know how to be a good listener. There are a few rules to follow when listening to a speech: put your cell phone away, pay attention to everything the speaker is talking about, and engage with the speaker and the topic. The first is easy to understand: the cell phone is a distraction for you and also for the speaker during a speech. Paying attention to the things the speaker talks about is a sign of respect not only for him or her as a speaker, but also for you as a qualified listener. Even a good listener should be attentive. They make good eye contact with the speaker and show interest in what is being discussed. It's not as easy as you might think to be a good listener; it also requires practice. But when you succeed, you will not only earn respect and admiration from others; but you also learn things from them. Just as Calvin Coolidge once said, “It takes a great man to be a good man