Dick Mills' Speeches





Over the years, I've presented a number of speeches.  Most were in Toastmasters clubs.  Some were given for gavel clubs in prisons.  Then there was my TEDx speech.   They are all collected here.

In some cases, the dates are approximate.   In several cases, I presented the speech multiple times with small edits between presentations.   I only include the last time here.

I have a much bigger blog with 2500+ posts.  Dick and Libby's Cruising Blog

Table of Contents

  1. The Dumbest Guy In The Room 
  2. Always leave them wanting more
  3. Living Wills
  4. The Internet of Things
  5. Fireman's Stories
  6. Soaring
  7. To Boast or not to Boast- That is the Question
  8. The 2017 Eclipse
  9. The Nocebo Cure
  10. The Playboy Startup
  11. Oh No We're Gonna Die
  12. Carr Cabin, Local Gold
  13. A Fatal Lack of KISS
  14. Cooling Hot Conversations
  15. Innocence
  16. The Heimlich Maneuver
  17. Taking Risks is a Virtue
  18. Young Al
  19. Fake News Déjà vu
  20. TEDx, Embrace Rapid Change, This is Our Destiny
              a. Rationale
  21. Eprime
  22. The Cape Fear Incident
  23. Persistence
  24. America's Divisions, Why
  25. Carpe Diem
  26. The L Word, libertarian
  27. TM in Prison

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