Public speaking can put the fear of God into many of us. But not for the school principal from Queensland who won the Toastmasters World Championship over the weekend in the United States. Mark Hunter beat nine finalists, delivering a seven-and-a-half-minute speech in front of 2,000 people. His topic was romantic, it was about ‘unique love’ and ‘impossible dreams’.

Reporter: Ali Benton

ABC Radio National

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