How to start
Draw your audience into what you’re saying.Connect with them
Eye contact
Be yourself . Be natural
Do not begin with a joke
1. I do my best to prepare for speeches, and it’s a challenge to compress all my points into something long enough to be interesting, but short enough so the audience won’t fall asleep.
2. Woodrow Wilson was once asked, “How long does it take you to prepare a ten minute speech?” “Two weeks,” he answered. “How about a one hour speech?” “One week,” he said. “What about a two hour speech?” “I’m ready now!” he replied
3. The best speech is one that has a great beginning, a memorable end, and not much in between.
4. I’ll try not to talk too long. They say its best to leave your audience before your audience leaves you.
5. I always try to avoid giving advice during my remarks. As the little schoolgirl wrote, “Socrates was a wise, Greek philosopher who walked around giving advice to people. They poisoned him.”

Doctors and Quacks
In Britain today, there are about 50,000 practitioners of alternative medicine, but only about 30,000 qualified doctors.

Taxi to the Hospital
A woman flagged down a cab.
“Where to?” the cabbie asked.
“The hospital,” the woman answered.
“Where at the hospital?” the cabbie asked.
“Maternity ward.” the woman answered.
A determined look crossed the cabbie’s face. “Okay, I’ll get you there. Don’t you worry!” He then floored it and started weaving past cars.
“No no, you don’t need to drive so fast,” the woman said. “I only work there!”

One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. Alice James

1. The Allergists voted to scratch it.
2. The Cardiologists didn’t have the heart to say no.
3. The Ophthalmologists considered the idea short-sighted.
4. The Dermatologists preferred no rash moves.
5. The Paediatricians said, “Grow up!”
6. The Psychiatrists thought it was madness.
7. The Radiologists could see right through it.
8. The Gastro-enterologists had a gut feeling about it.
9. The Neurologists thought the administration had a lot of nerve.
10. The Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing.
11. The Urologists felt the scheme wouldn’t hold water.
12. The Plastic Surgeon said, ‘This puts a whole new face on the matter.’
13. The Anaesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas.
14. The Obstetricians stated they were labouring under a misconception.
15. The Pathologists yelled, “Over my dead body.”
16. The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward.