Need a Speech? Remember the '3's'
Need a Speech? Remember the '3's' My chum Murray Coell and I were invited to a construction industry banquet and mingled prior to finding our seats near the stage. We both picked up the program and I asked if he was bringing greetings from the Provincial Government as a Cabinet Minister. He said ‘yes’ and I said I thought my role was to bring greetings as the Mayor of Saanich. Yet Murray replied “I thought you’re the guest speaker.” This was news to me and while the program showed a spot for a guest speaker, no one was named. As the night progressed we both stood up and waved when introduced and then Murray was called up to bring greetings. Next they started to read a very familiar biography of the guest speaker and my brain went into high gear. Amid lots of smiles, pauses and compliments to the hosts for their fine work for the industry and the economy, I opened some ‘mental files’ and spoke of three topics before setting down twenty minutes later.