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Old 10-13-2006, 07:33 PM
KSigkid KSigkid is offline
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Originally Posted by adpiucf View Post
You could open talking about your friend and what she liked to do. Talk about what a great person she was and then start tallking about her symptoms and her decline. Talk about her death and how it affected you and how it brought you to talk to them today. Explain what the disease is, how you get it, what can happen to you as a result and how you go about avoiding it.

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This is great advice - speaking about it this way will keep the audience focused, and more people will come away with a message from your speech.

I say do it, and good luck.
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