Albert Camus famously said, “Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.” Okay, very funny, Albert. But given the research coming out of universities demonstrating that students generally have poor retention of information delivered by the
I give the ClassAct Award for the best thank you speech at the Oscars to Christopher Plummer. The man is 82 years young. No wincing in pain as he rose from his seat. No creaky knees up the steps to
I have a theory that the first purpose of public speech is to warn a community of imminent danger. For instance, in the animal world, vervet monkeys have three distinct cries for eagle, snake and leopard. Beavers signal danger with