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not_nadine

not_nadine

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Have you even been asked? So nerve wracking. I was asked once. I had to sit in front of 200 people with 2 speakers, moderate and point at people for questions.

Worst nightmare. But I did it. And the speakers were great. Pouring out their hearts.

Did really well, until the end. When I said, "I would like to spank our two speakers""

(instead of Thank) the hells? :blush:
 
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not_nadine said:
Have you even been asked? So nerve wracking. I was asked once. I had to sit in front of 200 people with 2 speakers, moderate and point at people for questions.

Worst nightmare. But I did it. And the speakers were great. Pouring out their hearts.

Did really well, until the end. When I said, "I would like to spank our two speakers""

(instead of Thank) the hells? :blush:
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Haha funny! Part of my job is training people and doing demos to large groups of people for a database I run...I used to feel sick the first few times but you get used to it. It has help me perform better in interviews, I used to get so scared but No longer....good on you for doing it, very brave!
 
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In college and grad school I had a fear of speaking in public. I joined Toastmasters fours years ago and it has helped a lot. I would recommend it for anyone who wants to get more comfortable speaking in front of people.
 
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I cannot do public speaking, I get all hot and bothered (and not in a good way!). Luckily I don't have to do it, but I did have to give a presentation over the internet for my Master's course, I had to defend a poster I had done. Sweated about it for weeks and felt really sick on the day, was really glad when it was over but was quite proud I had managed it without stuttering to much.
 
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I used to run out of meetings at work when my time to speak came! I was afraid of the speaker phone because so many people from all over the country would listen to me.

Terrible. And I was such a good employee, except for that.

And it was only a phone
 
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not_nadine said:
I used to run out of meetings at work when my time to speak came! I was afraid of the speaker phone because so many people from all over the country would listen to me.

Terrible. And I was such a good employee, except for that.

And it was only a phone
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The best thing I could recommend is facing your fear and do it over and over. After repetition, you get more comfortable at it. I had embarrassing moments in my past with public speaking, but practice helped me a lot.
 
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Lord Tyrion said:
The best thing I could recommend is facing your fear and do it over and over. After repetition, you get more comfortable at it. I had embarrassing moments in my past with public speaking, but practice helped me a lot.
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Thanks, but I am not doing that again. Unless I have to. :icon_eek:

Now, GNT on the other hand.......... You gotta listen to him on the radio.. :love_heart: Not to mention all of the people he has spoken to.

We need a clip again, Gnt - after the board change, I cant find anything
 
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I have absolutely no fear speaking in front of any crowd. As a substitute teacher for almost twenty years, I faced a new group of strangers every day, most of whom were just waiting to take advantage of me because their regular teacher was away. There was no time for fear… it was more like sink or swim or get eaten up alive! :biggrin2:
 
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I don't like speaking with a mic but thats because of the technology involved. I don't trust it. Never did. (and here i am sitting in front of a computer saying i don't trust technology.....) But speaking i don't have any problems with. Nowadays that it. I was scared ****less in the beginning. Then i got a job in a museum that involved talking to groups of tourists, schoolclasses of all ages and other visitors to the museum. Part of my job was to guide them through the exhibition. A guidetour took about two hours. The first time i was shaking. They will laugh at me i thought to myself. But they didn't and then i found out that i was actually good at making history come alive for them. But if it was a subject i didn't know so much about i would be terrified. I don't have such a job anymore, this was perhaps 20 years ago, but i still do tours. Mostly for free nowadays on because i like it and i like for more people to see and know more about the rests of Stone- Bronze and Iron age things close to where i live. So i do three tours every summer and sometimes my friends ask for a tour of something and i usually comply.
 
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The only time it didn't feel good was when i spoke at my wifes funeral. Just felt so pointless but i thought i owed it to her to make a good speech. But my brother said it was a great speech, so did my uncle. So i don't think i goofed it up (They might have been trying to be nice) but i didn't have the possibility at that moment to judge for myself. Usually i can do that but not that time.
 
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