So if you look around the stage here you'll create a kind of mental map of the stage.

There are stories you tell from stages.

I'm back here on the TED stage again.

That's the reason I'm using this podium and using these notes.

Artists and innovators many of the people you've seen on this stage.

On the stage that day, I was so nervous.

I also had the good fortune to be in those lectures, up in the balcony.

We have an improvised podium here in this chamber.

Over the past couple of days as I've been preparing for my speech, I've become more and more nervous about what I'm going to say and about being on the same stage as all these fascinating people.

The historical witnesses of the Frontline Broadcasting Station of the year talk about the history of the fort.

Then, you should be brief. But other than that, talk until they drag you off the stage.

Two years ago, I stood on the TED stage in Arusha, Tanzania.

There's 10,000 watts of light pouring on the stage, one horsepower is 756 watts, at full power.

That line would have to be 3.8 million miles above this stage.

And the theme of the article was how to remove Lyndon Johnson from power.

When I look around this TEDxAmsterdam venue, I see a very special audience.

That assistance was provided mainly through regional workshops and an online help desk.

Otherwise, requests for all interventions will be taken directly from the floor on the given day.

Now most places that I talk to, when I talk about experience, I talk about Disney the world's premier experience stager.

Well, I thought there would be a podium, so I'm a bit scared.

Chris Anderson While they're taking the podium away, just a quick question.

I do not stand at this rostrum to present a certain view of wrongs or to make claims.

Mr. Ibrahim al Jaafari, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq, was escorted from the rostrum.

So there's basically 15 horses running at full speed just to keep the stage lit.

For example, when I walked up here and I took the microphone from the stand and switched it on, you assumed this was a microphone, which it is not.

And ever since then, I've gotten to do some pretty cool stuff from getting to meet the president to getting to be on this stage to talk to all of you guys.

I was walking from the elevator over here, and even just looking at the stage right now so there's probably 20 500 watt lights right now.

Chen Feifei came to the fort to recall the history. She is the first broadcaster of the Southern Fujian Dialect at the Fujian Frontline Broadcasting Station at that time.

Which really allowed us as speakers to get there, in the trenches, and practice at home so that we would be ready for this experience.

So while we've been talking today, you can actually see the printer back here in the back stage.

Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, was escorted from the rostrum.

I gave them a speech to text engine in a computer, and I said, Keep talking into it until it types what you say.

Eric Johanson What we have here is a tank on the other side of the stage.

The Most Honourable Percival James Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica, was escorted from the rostrum.

Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, was escorted to the rostrum.

Mr. Jean Paul Proust, Secretary of State of the Principality of Monaco, was escorted to the rostrum.

So what happened now is I'm standing here in Rotterdam, in the beautiful city, on a big stage, and I'm talking about whistling.

During his recent address from this rostrum, Prince Albert II expressed great sadness in connection with the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in the United States.

Instead of showing an object from the stage I m going to do something special for the first time.

Wang Yong, director of the Xiamen Huli Hill Ancient Fort Management Office, said that in order to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the luanch of the Huli Hill Ancient Fort Frontline Broadcasting Station of the People s Liberation Army, the Revisit Fort, Recall Youth event invited several old broadcasters of the Fort to tell the history to let people recall the past memorable years.

Being on the same stage as Al Gore, who was the first person I ever voted for.

To assist speakers in managing their time, a light system has been installed at the rostrum, which functions as follows.

To help speakers to manage their speaking time, a timing mechanism has been set up at the rostrum from which they will speak.

The Honourable Maatia Toafa, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour of Tuvalu, was escorted from the rostrum.

Particular attention has been given to the availability of printed materials, regular radio broadcasts and speakers in Kinyarwanda.