It's great to shape your progress as a speaker by imagining where you'd like to go, or to have an outsized goal in mind, something to inspire you to keep working on your skills (just as long as it doesn't tie you up in knots of nervousness).  And for some, it's the audience or event that motivates.  To get at some of those speaker dreams and aspirations, on The Eloquent Woman on Facebook, I asked readers to "fill in the blank: "I've always dreamed of giving a speech before the [insert audience or event here]_______________."