His blog CK Online- Communicate to Connect was recently included in Guy Kawasaki’s Alltop (All the Top Stories in the World) web site, which I also featured in a recent post.

I had the chance to interview Chendil about his expertise as a public speaker and here is what he has to say:

“What were the main benefits you got from your Toastmasters experience?”

CK: Self esteem, a new career. My business in industrial adhesives was in bad shape. I was hounded by my creditors and it was a miserable existence. However, every Wednesday evening, I saw a transformation in me. I came home smiling, fresh from a Toastmasters meeting, where I frequently won ribbons for the ‘Best Table Topics Speaker’. I was liked and befriended because of my sense of humor and this feeling made me more resilient and slowly I bounced back by closing my business and taking a new avatar as a corporate trainer, exploiting my public speaking skills. I have visited 17 countries and command a decent price by working with some of the Fortune 100 companies and am a guest faculty at one of the leading B schools in the world. I owe my present status to TOASTMASTERS.

Most important, I am able to enable confidence in my trainees and no words can describe my sense of fulfillment when my trainees mail me to say what a difference I have made in their lives.

I heartily endorse what Helen Blanchard, the first woman TM International President once said “ If you can GET out of Toastmasters, all that you CAN get out of Toastmasters, then you can never get OUT of Toastmasters !”

“As a corporate trainer you focus on the sense of humor as an important tool which helps connect, build rapport and educate. What are the main challenges your clients face when they try to incorporate humor in their speeches and presentations?”

CK: Most of my clients find it difficult to get out of their comfort zone of making straight laced, data dump type of presentations. Some of them feel humor dilutes the importance of their presentations. Others can’t distinguish between humor and jokes. But a majority of them feel they are not humorous by nature and dread the thought of their humor bombing.

However, when some of my clients have used humor to link and involve their audience, they have reported a dramatic transformation in their confidence levels.

“Even the most advanced speaker has challenges and can improve in some area. What is the public speaking challenge you are working at right now? If you could choose anyone in the world to be your mentor and to help you in taking your public speaking skills to the next level, who would that be?

CK: My challenge is to master the art of repartee. As a Toastmaster, I get an opportunity every week to answer table topics. I find I ramble aimlessly when I get a vague topic. I want to be able to be quick witted and come up with a sensible response to ticklish questions.

I wish I could go back to my first public speaking coach Garnet Rego to take me to the next level in public speaking. He urged us to speak from the heart and always challenged us to reach higher.

Chendil’s touching story inspires ordinary people like us to strive further and reach for our goals. His story is a shining example of what Toastmasters can do to your life and well being. You can read more about Chendil on his blog CK Online: Communicate to Connect.

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Q: If you were recruiting a speechwriter, what will you look for?

A: Successful speechwriters need four key skills. They must write for the ear. They need to write clearly and simply. They should write in the executive voice. And they’ve got to be able to create a detailed audience analysis.

* Writing for the ear: Every day, we read thousands of words in business communications, newspapers, books, and on the Web. They’re written for the eye — and that’s the way we receive them.

A speech is a completely different animal. It needs to be written for the ears of the audience. When the audience hears a speech, they’re using a different part of the brain. If the speech isn’t working as spoken communication, it isn’t working at all.

* Writing clearly and simply: Here’s a fundamental fact that influences how speeches are structured: the audience doesn’t have the script. Audience members have to make sense of the speaker’s ideas on the fly.

It’s as if they’re stringing together “idea beads” on a string — in real time. If the structure of the speech is too complex, it’s like giving the audience too many idea beads at one time. They’re going to drop some of them. And, in the process, they’re going to get confused. When audience members get overwhelmed or lost, they check out.

* Writing in the executive voice: Too many speeches are put together by content experts in the organization. Often, these speeches wind up being “a white paper on wheels.” They’re loaded with information. They have lots of facts and data. And, on paper, they make a pretty strong case.

But too often, the speaker never seems to take ownership of the content. That’s a big mistake. If the speaker isn’t taking ownership of the content, why should the audience?

Successful speakers vigorously communicate their ownership and belief in their content. They say, “I believe” — “I’m convinced” — “In my experience.”

* Creating a detailed audience analysis: I’m convinced that the root cause of the failure of many speeches lies in lack of understanding of the audience and the occasion.

The preparation of every speech needs to be based on a detailed audience analysis. Who is the audience? Why are they there? What do they think of the speaker and the speaker’s organization? What are they expecting the speaker to talk about? Is the audience friendly, neutral, apathetic, or hostile?

With a detailed audience analysis in hand, speech preparation becomes much easier. The speaker, speechwriter, visual developers, and PR people all have a much clearer idea of what the speech needs to do to be understood and believed by the audience.

Q: What are the significant challenges that the majority of your speechwriting clients have in common?

A: The CEOs I work with don’t have enough time in the day to handle all the problems that land on their desks. My job, as a speechwriter, is to add hours to the CEO’s week by being his or her representative in the speech development process.

I’m very proactive. For example, many times, with long-term clients, I arrive at the first client meeting with a very detailed audience analysis and a detailed outline of speech content.

The audience analysis information is gathered from conference and event organizers, in-company experts, and outside research (got to love the World Wide Web!). The audience analysis covers demographics, event details, a complete program agenda, and expectations of the audience members.

In this first meeting, after we’ve reviewed the audience analysis, I talk my way through the proposed content outline. It’s usually in traditional outline format or a graphical mind map.

There’s a significant amount of risk in jumping right to a detailed outline. In 24 years of CEO-level speechwriting — and more than 800 speeches — here’s how the outcomes breakdown. About a third of the time the client says, “Good start. Let’s add this, take out that, and emphasize this point.” A third of the time it’s, “Much of what you’ve got is usable but I want to organize it around a different big idea.” And a third of the time the client says, “Not even close. Forget this and start over. Here’s what I want to say.”

Overall, my “quick start” process works really well as a way to add value to the client’s time. By the end of the first meeting (usually about 30 minutes) both of us have a very clear idea of what happens next. Plus, the proactive speechwriter gets credit for pushing the project along and taking weight off the speaker’s shoulders.

Q: In your blog, Memo to C-Level Speakers you say that too many speeches are “over planned, overloaded, and over scripted.” What do you suggest as solutions for these problems?

A: A major CEO speech at a high-value event (such as a major customer conference, shareholders’ meeting, or analyst presentation) is a big deal. I’ve seen good scripts get over planned by corporate communications and PR people who want to stuff their entire “message framework” into the speech. This happens even though the result absolutely doesn’t work for the audience.

Speeches-by-committee are often overloaded with facts, statistics, examples, and data. They often have too many visuals with mind-boggling amounts of detail. Committees have a “This is what we want to say” attitude — with little or no regard to what the audience wants and needs to hear. The results are predictable. Audiences tune out — and the whole exercise becomes a waste of time and resources.

Speeches are often over scripted. When speakers are short of preparation time (almost always) they just read the script. Most of the time, this doesn’t work for the audience. When a speaker reads a speech — head down, plowing ahead — he or she is saying to the audience, “I’m up here suffering and you should be suffering too.”

One thing you can depend on is that audiences love good stories. Stories organize and illustrate big, complex ideas and make them memorable. But instead of reading a story, the speaker should just tell it, as if they’re having a conversation with a friend.

Let’s say the big idea of the speech is “globalization is here to stay.” The script can have a line in it like this: (Tell the “local engineering firm with worldwide-projects” story.)

The speaker tells this personal story in his or her own words. It doesn’t have to be smoothed, polished, and honed to perfection. In fact, a little “rough-around-the-edges” makes it more authentic.

But the moral of the story — the big idea of the speech — is scripted. “A lot of people mistakenly think that globalization isn’t a part of their business. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Right here in this city — just a few miles from this room — a local engineering firm now has projects that are 13 time zones away. A decade ago, virtually all of their projects were within a few hundred miles of here. Now, their world is the world.”

What are the lessons here? Successful speeches are custom tailored to fit each specific audience and occasion. The big ideas in these successful speeches are built around memorable, authentic stories. And these stories are supported by just enough facts, statistics, data, and visuals to make the stories believable.

Pete Ryckman is a veteran speechwriter with 24 years of experience writing at the CEO level. His blog, Memo to C-Level Speakers (http://memotospeakers.typepad.com) offers practical, nuts-and-bolts advice to management speakers. Pete also teaches a unique, 14-week course for communications professionals who want to advance their careers by learning the craft of speechwriting.

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Alltop is launched by Nononina, another company by Guy Kawasaki. Nononina also owns another web site called Truemors. Together with friends, Will Mayall and Kathryn Henkens, Guy created Alltop. The objective of Alltop is to “enhance online reading” because you can see the stories from the sites you have visited and stories from the sites you are not aware of. Here you can find the recent news from various sites and blogs.

The first thing that captured my attention here is the “translucent banner”, as they refer to it which remains immovable or fixed in place. It is like a ruler on top of a page. This banner has Alltop’s tag line which is “all the top stories covered all the time”. As one clicks to other topics or headlines, the color and tag line of the translucent banner sometimes change.

Guy describes Alltop as a site that acts like a “feed aggregator” on a single web page. People can find topics at a glimpse. Arranged by different, interesting topics like Work, Living, Culture, Science and a lot more you can find sub topics under each. The latest news about these topics can be seen by clicking the topic itself. What’s really interesting is that when you place your cursor on a topic, you can read a part of that headline, so more or less you can decide if you want to go on and read it or go to another topic.

A collection of stories from all the top sites in the net, Alltop is worth a visit. Check it out: http://www.alltop.com

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We had the opportunity to interview Tony and Olivia on certain topics about public speaking and they were very warm to accommodate us. Here it is:

“You have an interesting concept: “Be your own coach”. Can you elaborate on that?”

“Our “Be your own Coach” page on our website is about giving people guidance on assessing how they come across. There’s a distinction between an effective business presentation and a winning Toastmaster speech. So our guidance is not focused on body language and vocal variety - but on your credibility and the connection you’re making with the audience.”

“What are the main challenges in public speaking that the majority of your clients have in common?”

“There are two. The first is that most inexperienced people focus on their delivery of the presentation - how they’re going to come across to the audience. Some of our course participants expect our courses to be entirely about delivery. But the most important aspect of a business presentation is the content. Preparing relevant, structured content supported by engaging examples is the key to an effective presentation.

The second is dealing with nervousness. Nerves affect many people from young ones starting out on their careers to CEO’s. In dealing with nerves, I believe that we should learn from what works with extreme fears such as phobias. Cognitive behavioral therapy is now recognized as being one of the most effective treatments. For more information on this, see the articles on our website about using cognitive therapy to overcome the fear of public speaking.”

”You talk a lot about rehearsing the speech before delivering it in front of a live audience. Don’t you feel that some people rehearse so much that when they deliver they are just acting and that the communication style is not congruent with their own personality?”

“It has to be the right sort of rehearsal. I don’t believe in memorizing a speech or presentation. And I think that the practice of choreographing and rehearsing gestures is a recipe for artificiality.

“A presentation is about communicating ideas - not a specific set of words in a particular order. Here is an advice that a professional speaker once gave me regarding keeping a presentation fresh - “say it a different way every time”. And so it should be in rehearsal.

The advantage of rehearsal is that the content of your presentation becomes second nature. That means that during the presentation you’re not thinking “what’s coming next”. Instead you can focus entirely on your audience and connecting with them.”

Visit Tony and Olivia’s website, www.effectivespeaking.co.nz and their blog www.speakingaboutpresenting.com. You can contact them at info@effectivespeaking.co.nz.

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The manner by which he conducted his lecture is very formal but with interjections of humor and personal experiences enticing interest from the audience. Mr. Robinson’s thrust in bringing education outside the four-walled classroom could be very well pictured with examples of true-to-life encounters of people he met.

According to Sir Ken Robinson there are three themes running through out the conference as evidenced by the speeches delivered in the different sessions of the conference. The first theme is the extraordinary evidence of human creativity as was shown by a little girl who was a guest at the conference the previous night.

The second is the unpredictability of the future but none the less we prepare for it through education and we expect our education to take us into the future we can not even grasp.

The third is the extraordinary capacity of children for innovation. Sir Ken Robinson stressed the fact that children are most innovative because they are not afraid to be wrong, and this is precisely what is wrong with our educational systems. According to him the biggest mistake one can make is to be wrong. He strongly believes that if one is afraid to be wrong one can not be creative.

Sir Ken Robinson believes that the hierarchy of subjects in the educational system everywhere in the world makes it difficult for us to recognize the real essence of education. He observes that schools tend to prioritize subjects like math, languages and the sciences over the arts which according to him are as important to the development of the students as the subjects on top of the hierarchy.

He believes that we give a second thought to the idea and essence our systems of education are predicated upon, with the view that intelligence is diverse [multiple intelligences], dynamic in the sense that is a product of the interactions of many factors, and it is distinct in that different people think in different ways.

Sir Ken Robinson ended his talk with a call to help our children discover their own capacities and prepare them for the future which they will live.

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Lisa is a big fan of Tim Ferris’ 4HWW. 4HWW would mean the 4-Hour Work Week. We asked her opinion on what she thinks is the best way a professional speaker can incorporate Tim’s ideas on his lifestyle. What kind of outsourcing can he benefit most?

“The easiest 4HWW concept that someone can incorporate immediately is cutting down on checking e-mail. I went from a constant e-mail-checking habit to only checking twice a day. I’m now ten times more productive with a major distraction removed, and can stick to set times for writing in my blog and working on other projects. I’m no longer a slave to my e-mail, reading every message the moment it arrives, and then responding — taking my concentration away from other tasks. I’ve added a note to my signature that lets people know my e-mail schedule, so if they need to reach me urgently, they can call instead.

Each person has her own comfort level with administrative tasks. Depending on what you feel comfortable delegating, a speaker could use a virtual assistant for marketing and PR projects, online article submissions, booking speaking engagements, website updates, PowerPoint design, transcribing speeches, putting together a newsletter, product sales, database management, handling/filtering e-mails, and more! A good virtual assistant is only limited by your imagination.”

A speechwriter is a big help for a majority of people. “Do you think working with a speechwriter is a good idea?”

“I would not work with a speechwriter, but I can’t say if it’s a good idea for others. In working with copywriters in the past, for website content, I’ve found that it’s difficult for another person to write in my voice. It’s good to have basic content to work with, but I end up changing the content anyway to make it fit my style and personality. And that’s just some text on my website, which doesn’t have to reflect my personality quite as much as a speech.

But I’m very comfortable with writing, and transferring writing to speech, whereas some people write in an overly formal way which comes out stilted when spoken. I would be more likely to outsource administrative tasks than tasks that directly reflect my personality.

Perhaps a speechwriting coach might be more beneficial than a speechwriter, so a speaker can learn how to write a proper speech.”

Even the most advanced speaker has challenges and can improve in some area. “What is the public speaking challenge you are working at right now?”

“One of my challenges is that once I drop one annoying habit, I pick up a new one. Currently, I’m finding myself asking “right?” at the end of sentences, as though I’m looking for agreement or approval. It’s much better than it was when I first discovered it six months ago (by videotaping myself!), but I’m aware that I’m still doing it. Once I eradicate that bad habit, I’m sure another will take its place.”

Lastly, we ask her if she could choose anyone in the world to be her mentor and to help her in taking public speaking skills to the next level, who would that be?

“I don’t think one mentor would suffice in helping me taking my speaking to the next level! I’m inspired by speakers and performers everywhere I go.

I love watching how comedians handle difficult audiences or jokes that don’t work. Some speakers have lovely resonant voices, others have expressive body language and movement. I’ve attended performances by magicians and singers where I was impressed by their natural and authentic connection with the audience. In fact, professional speakers are sometimes the most disappointing performers, due to overly polished and stagey performances.

I realize that, technically, none of the speakers and performers mentioned above are mentors, but rather inspirations, and I’m lucky to be inspired by so many people!”

Please visit Lisa at www.coachlisab.com

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The 38-minute video opened with a screen preview of the Apple products, sample press releases and the welcome address of Colin Crawford, Mac Publication’s President & CEO . While his speech was read, Mr. Crowford seemed uneasy and his discourse entailed a lot of word crutches, his saving grace came with the animated image of the Apple logo (3:20-3:23) and the video introduction of the next speaker whom he referred to as “the person who needs no further introduction”. True enough; the appearance of Steve Jobs in Macworld’s front cover earned a resounding accolade from the audience until he personally appeared on stage.

Steve Jobs’ presentation started with Apple’s status report. His expression was very relaxed and has a continuous flow of thought. He has full control of the wide screen which featured the topics the he will discuss. His speech established a business plan for Apple starting with the problems facing the company, from the management down to the customer service, its “core assets”, improving software and hardware features and other issues. The manner in which Steve introduced each member of the board was well put together thereby establishing the integrity of each individual. He featured insights from the board members as resource persons, presented new partners, injected humor in each topic, included satellite feeds from Microsoft main man, Bill Gates, thus sustaining the audience interest on each topic. His closing remarks left insights to the audience with a discreet marketing campaign for Apple which is very striking and inviting.

Jobs holding a MacBook Air at Macworld Conference & Expo 2008

Photo Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

In general, this video should be seen by people engaged in public speaking or are into speech-making. It is a very good example of communication because Steve Jobs presented it in a very light, casual, information packed and systematic manner. He was able to discuss and cover all the issues the audience needs to know about Apple. Indeed, this should be included in the top 10 speeches/presentations of Steve Jobs and emulated by all those who engage themselves in public speaking.

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Curved Vision is a communications firm specializing in presentation skills training, effective public speaking and voice coaching in Newcastle, United Kingdom.

We asked Simon about his post, “Don’t Practice” where he talked about rehearsing the speech before delivering it in front of a live audience.

“Don’t you feel that some people “rehearse” so much that when they deliver they are just acting and the communication style is not in congruence with their own personality?”

“Oh yes! That’s always a risk - mind you, in my experience it’s much more likely that people don’t practise enough than they over-practise. However, part of the skill of rehearsing is knowing when to stop practicing, of knowing when to let things go so that there’s a little live magic

I work a lot with dancers and I watch them working in studios, hour after hour after hour and then they “go live” and perform something fresh, dancing something that takes your breath away no matter how many times you see it. I asked one once how they did it, how they stayed fresh, “It’s easy”, he said. “Every night when we walk out onto the stage we’re not just ‘performing’, we are ‘re-creating’ “.

Simon stressed that presentations should be like that. Preparing is about gaining the technical competence to mean that the pressure is on, and the audience is there in front of you, you’re not going to miss your steps - you can concentrate on re-creating afresh.

Clients consult a professional for a reason so we asked Simon the main challenges in public speaking that the majority of his clients have in common.

“Fear is the most common thing that our clients come to us complaining about. It’s not the biggest problem most of them face in reality, though. Most people’s main problem is that they don’t actually know what the presentation is for, what it’s about and what it’s supposed to achieve. Of course they’re afraid because they don’t know how to succeed… because they don’t know what success will look like. They do know, however, what failure will look like!”

Here we find ourselves nodding in affirmation, right? Simon continued, “The other main problem is that people simply try and say too much. They don’t put themselves in their audience’s shoes and say, “What do I need to say?”. Instead, they stay firmly planted in their own shoes and say, “What do I know?” The two things are very, very different. If you don’t know what your audience needs to know, you simply tell them everything they might need to know - and thus they actually get nothing.”

“If it looks like you are working hard when you ‘perform’ then you have not been working hard enough when you prepare”. In conclusion we asked his opinion on how important is being “effortless” in business presentations.

“It’s very important. You see, for me a presentation is all about getting your message over to the audience in the best way for them. Perhaps being ‘effortless’ is over-stating the case a bit, but generally speaking, I’d try and get rid of anything that can get between the message and the audience. Anything less than ‘effortless’ presenting, in the sense of the mechanics of delivering the presentation, draws attention to the presenter and thus away from his or her message. In one sense, presenters should be invisible!

On the other hand it’s easy to take this too far - sometimes all you need to do is to be ‘good enough’ not to get in the way of your message!”

Dr. Simon Raybould is the author of “Little Big Voice Book, Voice Coaching Book for Ordinary People”. He also has an e-book,”… like a brick wrapped in velvet…” This is about making business presentations. A visit in his website will surely be worth your time, www.curved-vision.co.uk

“Don’t believe me? Watch any good stand-up comedian. See how assured they are in their delivery and yet how fresh their material appears!”

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One of the most disturbing events of 1970 happened on May 4. It was the day of the Kent State Massacre. A shooting rampage was staged by the National Guardsmen of Ohio, leading to the death of four Kent State University students. The grueling act as initiated by then US President Richard Nixon was a response to the students’ protest against the expansion of the Vietnam War to Cambodia. This gave birth to the composition of the protest song “Ohio” penned by Neil Young and released shortly after the gruesome incident by David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young.

Because of the song’s profound effect on the students and the Americans in general, it eventually became their anti Vietnam-war protest anthem. As such, numerous videos have been uploaded on the internet to demonstrate the severity of the situation at that time and how “Ohio” moved and inspired the people.

This moving video presents the news headline in New York Times and The Journal that fateful day in May 1970. Followed by series of photos of the four innocent victims, troops in heavy battle gear at gunfire position interspersed with images of people scampering for a place to hide and grieving for the lifeless bodies of the students (00:56-1:06), protesters and again the death squad (1:32-1:45).

The “OHIO” bi-line

“Gotta get down to it,

Soldiers are gunning us down,

Should have been done long ago”

up and under the images of the guardsmen. While the next few lines of the song goes

“What if you knew her and

Found her dead on the ground

How can you run when you know”

Up and under the images of grieving people over the victims (1:51-1:59)

Right after the chorus in the interlude portion of the song, are images of protesters followed by “Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming:

We’re finally on our own” (2:19-2:24)

showing the troops and Nixon referring to the map of Cambodia. The song ends with the photos of the four student victims of the tragedy that befell America.

This footage presents to the public how a song can represent itself as an instrument to awaken socio-political awareness, which are also used as sources for public address. As such political rallies may be enlivened by songs and performances depicting current events and political concerns especially when it is based on true-to life experiences coupled by images of human atrocities.

Photo Source: http://www.alancanfora.com

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The Weekly Review of the Public Speaking Blogosphere is my favorite part of Andrew’s blog. One of my main challenges is dealing with the tremendous amount of information on public speaking that arrives from everywhere in a time efficient manner. Besides visiting Andrew’s excellent blog, I asked him if he has any more tips for people wanting to gain more knowledge but having difficulty selecting their sources.

Andrew said, ”Selecting the best sources is certainly a challenge, a challenge which gave rise to the public speaking weekly reviews. While I encourage everyone to regularly read as many public speaking blogs as they can, I understand that not everyone will do so. By filtering down weekly advice from 100+ blogs to a short list of the most thought-provoking and original articles, I hope to help readers find the best sources. So, my first piece of advice is to make the weekly review a “must read” each week. The variety of topics covered is a great starting point for public speaking students.

My second piece of advice is to sample from a breadth of topics rather than just one or two. For example, consider these two options: A) Subscribe to five blogs, all of which concentrate on slide ware B) Subscribe to five blogs, where each specializes in a different topic: slide ware, speechwriting, professional speaking, speech analysis, and delivery techniques. I believe that option B will provide you with the greatest growth over time.

Third, remember that some of the best information sources are not blogs. For example, there are a number of excellent public speaking books available. Again, I recommend seeking out the best books covering a breadth of topics, particularly those where you feel that you have the most room for improvement.”

Then, I asked Andrew about the challenges that he has to face as a speaker and what areas need to be improved. “I completely agree.” He said. “Every speaker can improve, and I am no exception. One of my main challenges right now is incorporating humor with more impact into my speeches. I am studying humor writing techniques as well as techniques such as pausing and vocal variety as they relate to delivering humor.”

I followed it up with the next question, “If you could choose anyone in the world to be your mentor and to help you in taking your public speaking skills to the next level, who would that be?”

“That’s a difficult question for a couple reasons. First, I’ve always tended to be more of an independent learner rather than having a single dedicated mentor. Second, there are so many excellent speakers whose speaking skills I admire, and who I have learned from. I have done speech critiques of several of them on my blog.”

Though Andrew has difficulty picking just one person, he said, the quality he seeks most to emulate and to take his skills to the next level is the unquestionable passion exhibited by nearly every TED speaker that he has viewed. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. This is a global community whose speeches aim to spread creative ideas and inspire others to move and do something for the world.

Andrew said he advises speakers to choose topics by asking three questions:

(1) Do you have expert knowledge to share?
(2) Does the audience care about it?
(3) Are you passionate about it?

“TED presentations have all three qualities, but it is the third –passion — which transforms speech into an experience. Any mentor who can show me how to bring that level of passion to the stage every time I speak is the mentor I would choose,” said Andrew.

Every visit to Andrew’s blog is a new way of learning and gaining knowledge not just about public speaking but the world as well. Click your browser to sixminutes.dlugan.com

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