Formula for platform poise

I AM pleased and honored to have been asked to speak at the opening symposium of the Professional Group on Engineering Writing and Speech. Those of your members who were the driving force behind this new professional group are to be congratulated for recognizing the need for such a group, and the rest of you deserve a great big hand for attending and for realizing that there is still something to be learned in the art of communication. The ability to communicate effectively by means of the written or spoken word can make you a more valuable individual to yourself and to those with whom you come in contact each day.