One person who has demonstrated competent communication skills is the Pastor at my church. One reason why he is extremely effective at what he does is because he makes sure that he is up to date and educated in what he is talking about. If Pastor Keith is talking about something everyone knows that he is taking about the most current issues and he has the most accurate knowledge of the subject at hand. Something else that he does well is engage his listeners. Pastor Keith is very good at involving his audience in conversation regarding the subject that he speaking on and allowing them to way in and discuss their opinions and he can do all of this while never getting off topic. He is good at facilitating a two way conversation while still getting his point across. If there was anything that I would like to learn from him it would be how to be a good facilitator. I know how to research a topic and communicate what I have learned but I tend to have trouble keeping the conversation on track when I am facilitating a group conversation. It seems that I let the conversation get away from me and tend to let others take over so I would want to learn his skills for controlling an audience and still allowing them to feel like they are a part of the conversation.