One “thing” that stood out to me more than any other last evening…reports indicate that the number of viewers increased by 15 % from 2009, and stood at over 41 million. There is a crucial public speaking lesson here — if you should ever win an award (and I hope each of you win a number of them), when you accept,  remember your audience, always. Tweet This Post ...Tags: Last year Megan Mylan set the bar with her Oscar acceptance speech.  This year, unfortunately, no winner quite met the bar that Megan had set, although some certainly took

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