Sacrament Talk Policy Update - "Intros"

Ok, this has been a pet peeve of mine for a very long time, and guess what? I'm now in a position to do something about it. I'm talking about the extended introduction that most speakers use to eat up a good five minutes of their alloted time with filler.

Everyone can agree on the following, with no need for each individual to state the obvious:

No one WANTS to give a talk in Church

You hate/blame/etc the Bishopric member that asked you to speak

It's been too short of time since you're last talk

You'll never answer another phone call from that number

You'll find a way to get back at the offending Bishopric member

You learned more from preparing the talk than those in attendance will learn from your talk

Ask yourself, "What would Mitt Romney do?"