Hello Peter.
It was pure luck that I checked this google account again. Usually, I do not use it at all...
The speaker told us how to "entertain" such that the total audience stays awake (no matter what the topic is).
One important point in that is passion (pretended if necessary :-) ).
It was also funny to hear the tricks how to calm down students that are bored and bother others.
Most of the talk was about rhetorik. This section I more or less knew - still nice to hear again.
Of those few people that attended I can definitely remember Akil and Valentina. Maybe you want to ask them, too.
I am on vacation/conference in Europe at the moment. I will be in Indiana on Sept., 6th. So I will miss the next council meeting.
My greetings to the council.
Best regards.
Tillmann