Here is a great video used to introduce bill Gates before his last keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show. The video is funny and well done. But I feel it should come with a warning: Don’t try this at home kids! Why? Because it is extraordinarily time-consuming and expensive to put together a video like this. My advice? Most speakers are better off coming up with an interesting speech rather than getting lost in the details of editing a video. So if you have the resources of Microsoft behind you and you are good friends with international celebrities like Gates, then go for the fancy videos. If not, think twice before going to these lengths.

If you hold an interesting position in yhour industry or are high profile in any way, you must keep in mind that any audience you speak to these days may be filled with bloggers. And these bloggers may be commenting on your speech. So just because you don’t see TV cameras in the audience or people with “press” hats on, doesn’t mean that your comments are somehow off the record–they aren’t. Everything you say must be considered through this prisim: How do I feel if this is quoted on a web site that has a million ivsitiorslooking at it during the next two years?

How common is it for speeches to be blogged about today: Here’s just a partial list of people who blogged about Bill Gates’ Speech at the CES yesterday.

Gates delivers his final CES keynote address
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Troy Wolverton Microsoft chairman Bill Gates speaks at keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008 . …
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CES 2008: Bill Gates Keynote

G4 TV - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Keep your eyes glued to this exciting blog post as it will be updated with the meat and pataters of Bill Gates’ Keynote Address as it happens in a few hours …
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Bill Gates Looks Ahead at ‘Next Digital Decade’
FOX News - USA
In his 11th CES opening keynote address, Gates looked at the sweeping changes since 2001 that have created the first true Digital Decade, including the …
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CES 2008; Bill Gates Keynote Address Commentary
By webmaster@windowsobserver.com (Richard Hay)
Bill Gates CES 2008 Keynote Address. 9:23 PM - Well they are scrolling some event info on the streaming feed now. 9:24 PM - One of the slides asks everyone to turn their phones off or put them to vibrate. I can only imagine the number …
Windows Observer - http://www.windowsobserver.com
Bill Gates Makes His Last CES Keynote Address

By GreasyGuide
Today in Las Vegas at the CES 2008 founder and CEO of Microsoft made his final keynote to the public. Bill Gates has changed the world and has help to usher in the digital age. During 2008 he will fully step down from his full time …
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Gadgetell’s Live Blog of Bill Gates’ final CES keynote
By pj@gamertell.com(pj@gamertell.com)
Gadgetell is live at what may be Bill Gates’ final CES keynote address. Will he talk about the Xbox game systems or the future of videogames? Check out the live coverage going on right now! Oh, and keep smacking that REFRESH button at …
Gamertell - http://www.gamertell.com

Blogging at the CES
By Rob
Product Expert bloggers will be profiling all the cool new products being unveiled at the show and they’ll be live-blogging the opening keynote address by Bill Gates. Sounds almost as good as being there.

Techvibes Blog - http://techvibesblog.com
Watch Gates’ Keynote, 100 million retail Vista copies sold
By Emil Protalinski
The pre-show 2008 International CES keynote address will come at 6:30 pm PST Sunday, January 6. I’ll be updating this newspost with information as it comes in! Video: 750k | 300k | 100k Link: Microsoft @ CES 2008 (Silverlight Required) …
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Bill Gates is giving his last keynote address to the Consumer Electronics Show tomorrow. Here’s where you can watch it live.

Gates is due to start his departing speech at 6.30pm US Pacific Standard Time, so start streaming early to avoid missing out. Here are your streaming options.

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Gates is no Steve Jobs when it comes to presenting showmanship, but Gates has evovled into a comfortable and competent speaker over the years.