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50 / THE SEVEN STRATEGIES OF MASTER PRESENTERS
Most of the people who responded to the quiz thought that the
chances of risk were higher from the external factors, when in fact
they were higher from the respondents’ own actions. In other words,
the risk that any one person will have an accident or die while using
his or her cell phone while driving is significantly higher than the risk
associated with bioterrorism or pesticides. David used the quiz to get
the audience thinking about how they assessed risk and benefits of
activities more objectively and how to take appropriate corrective
action.
Stephen Lewis has held the offices of the Canadian Ambassador
to the United Nations, special adviser to the U.N. Secretary General
of Africa, Assistant Secretary General with UNICEF, and is the Secretary
General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. Mr. Lewis is
a world-renowned orator who presents using words of eloquence on
behalf of making the world, especially Africa, a better place.
Mr. Lewis presented the closing keynote address to the Congress
of Canadian Student Associations. This association is for university
and college student leaders from across Canada. The speech took
place on a Sunday evening; the keynote was scheduled to take place
after the closing dinner at which point there would be an open bar and
a dance. To make matters even more challenging, many of the student
leaders had partied as only college and university students can on the
Saturday night before. Yet when Stephen Lewis spoke, he captured
their total attention for the entire length of his keynote address. His
passion for his cause is nothing short of remarkable.
As a presenter, Stephen Lewis is also nothing short of a provocateur.
After telling us of his first-hand experience in seeing the ravages
of HIV/AIDS on the African continent, he pointed out that only a
fraction of the money that was spent on arms or the 2003 Iraqi war
could completely eradicate the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa.
He then stunned the audience by saying that gender inequality
may be an even bigger worldwide problem than HIV/AIDS. Stephen
spoke eloquently about women who are refused education just because
they were born female; about baby girls killed in China just
because they were born female; and women who, against their will,
were raped and subsequently stoned because “they committed adultery”
in Central America.