You've probably been in a situation where the presenter is not very well organized, and then it just becomes difficult to to listen to this presentation, or to sit through the presentation that this person is giving.
The best speakers make the audience think that the pause has been included for their advantage when in reality they just needed to take a second to consider what they're going to say next.
I got public speaking experience, I got organizational experience through organizing an event and hiring a speaker, and I met lots of people on campus that I wouldn't have otherwise met.
The leaders of 36 countries were scheduled to speak yesterday and that's just a fraction of the more than 150 speakers taking the stage this week alone.
Thomas, now a speaker and author of several books, also created small, independently-run residences with their own bedrooms and bathrooms, and he has been preaching a singular message that getting old is not a bad thing.
I'm sure there have been much better speakers and much smarter people in the course of this session that have actually defined it more eloquently than I have.