The cotton thistle is a large plant, up to three meters tall and about half that in width. A biennial plant, its spiny leaves are 10 to 50 cm wide, covered with white hairs that give the plant the common name cotton thistle.. They have long, stiff spines the length of the margins. The flowers are round and range in color from pink to lavender. The thistle flowers from July to September.
(February 2009) Impromptu speaking is a speech and debate individual event that involves a five- to eight-minute speech with a characteristically short preparation time of one to seven minutes.
The National Speakers Association (NSA) is a professional speakers' organization that supports the pursuit of public speaking as a business. The organization's website says NSA provides resources and education designed to advance the skills, integrity, and values of its members and the speaking profession.ublic speaking (sometimes termed oratory or oration) is the process or act of performing a presentation (a speech) focused around an individual directly speaking to a live audience in a structured, deliberate manner in order to inform, influence, or entertain them.