Looking for the best

Over at duarte.com they're asking for candidates to comprise a "Top 20 Speeches of All Time." You might want to drop by and offer your favorite, and check out what's been submitted so far. There are a lot of nominations from the TED Conference, and a number of diatribes and soliloquies from the movies. 

One contributor has offered not a speech, but a list of "21 skills of great preachers." Scroll down to the first entry on April 16 and follow the link. The first four skills (content, passion, credibility, prepared) would be no surprise on any skills list for great speakers in general. But it gets interesting as the numbers get bigger. For example:  

#9. Self-revealing

#10. Confidence

#19. Movement

#20 Decision (as in, they ask for one)

#21 Landing (as in, they land their message on the first pass)