I was all prepared to dismiss this as yet another bunch of Toastmasters BS ("use hand gestures!"). I consider myself a decent public speaker (whether anyone else does is another matter :) But you can find me on YouTube.)

But his points for speaking well...

1. Ask: How much does my audience know?

2. Get excited.

3. Slow down.

... are not terrible, unless you're going to pretend to be excited by the latest team outing to the Laser Tag place.

Mine are things that I think Winston would have approved of, and they're not particularly designed to help you climb the corporate ladder. They're for technical people like us, and definitely not about spewing BS.

Learn your topic inside and out, including all audience questions you can think of. Don't worry about your FORM at all; just the content.

Remember when you're up there:

1. You know the stuff.

2. They don't.

3. You want them to know it.