Let’s face it – because of the importance of public speaking, giving a  speech involves a great deal of stress. 

This stress has a way of  affecting each of us differently. However, there is one thing that can  happen to any of us – our minds can go blank at exactly the wrong point in time.  Just like me, I’m sure that this has happened to you at one time or  another. You are standing in front of an audience delivering your speech  and you just got done saying something clever and now you can’t  remember what you want to say next. 

What’s a speaker to do?