[rollei_list] Re: Happy MLK Day

Marvin,

As a long time Toastmaster and one who has done a good deal of public
speaking, the art of public speaking is to know you audience and get ALL
your points across. You paint a picture, use a theme if you can, use simple
language, and draw emotions. BO did this very well. He is a very good
speaker and knows how to engage an audience.

As to what people remember, the max is 5 items based on a Bell Labs study
from the 1940s. This is why the old phone numbers read like Elgin 1 -2345.
"Elgin 1" was considered one item (or number) followed by 4 others. This of
course has changed with tel numbers being all numeric nowadays.

Peter K

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:08 AM, <marvin0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Someone mentioned that Obama's speeches are light on content. I would like
> to mention that effective public speaking is often just making one or two
> points, since that's all the average Joe can handle.
> Marvin-a wannabe public speaker
>
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