In this video, speed champion Mark Kislingbury, lectures teachers on the importance of teaching briefs. Hw gives a compelling argument on the necessity of briefs in order to increase speed. He calculates the number of strokes necessary to write the dialog of speedy speakers. He compares the number of strokes used by a stroke-intensive writer versus a writer who utilizes briefs and phrases. Also note his great brief for the phrase, “all of us”; AUFS