Energy Is Essential
The most important element of excellent speaking is energy.

Speaking has been described asenthusiastic conversation, projected at a higher level of energy, to more people, and over a
greater distance.

Some years ago, I spoke to 3,000 people at a new hotel in Orlando. My talk was a major part of a four-day conference. Because
the sound systems were new, they hooked me up with two separate microphones, just to be sure.

Within five minutes of beginning my talk, both microphones
stopped working. But the room was jammed with people and the
schedule was tight.crophones and project my voice so that the entire room could
hear me.

Somehow, I was able to pull it off. For ninety minutes, I threw
my voice to the back row of the room. Afterward, I was exhausted.

It takes an incredible amount of energy to speak loudly for any
period of time, let alone the 90 minutes scheduled for my presetation.

The good news was that the talk was well received. Copies of
the presentation were reproduced and distributed to thousands of
people.