One thing I never understood about the "special talk"...
What was so "special" about it?
To me a talk was special when I felt refreshed, encouraged or motivated after it, but most of the time that had to do with the speaker's ability and not the material...
Good speakers in the org are hard to find... and my prediction is that they'll get harder to find as more and more of the intelligent, thinking JW's leave the org.
You can't keep a good man/woman down.
Cheers DK