Gaye Stratton told us how to speak confidently. She started with a story (as all good speakers do) and used it to illustrate what her consultancy does. Her firm delivers courses to schools, organisations and conducts public courses. She made the excellent point that being able to speak confidently in public can boost self esteem, especially amongst the young. Much of her work has been in low decile schools  enabling her to quote some of the feedback that she's received , with a common theme being, "This gives me the chance to stand up for myself". In conclusion she called upon various members to spend 30 seconds describing an animal that she named. Members had never heard of most of the animals and a few members were genuine in their confusion. Bullshit artists (like YHC) could easily blather on - perhaps over confidentially!