overcome my fear of public speaking

oh, this has gotten so much better…not just with presentations, but with communication in general…i just don’t worry about too much anymore…the more i learn chinese the easier it seems to speak in public too because the more i practice and gain confidence in my chinese, the more i feel comfortable with speaking in general…........

today wasn’t bad…i liked what i was talking about…that always makes a difference…i wasn’t completely prepared for it, but i knew the material. i just didn’t prepare quite as much as i needed too. it seemed easy today though…a lot of material and i even went a little over my 30 minutes…

one more presentation down…that wasn’t bad…i always do so much better on the questions and answer part than on the actual presenting…why is that?

at least it wasn’t terrible today, but not as good as the last one.

another tomorrow…

just finished a 50 minute presentation…the first few minutes were difficult because just hearing my voice no other sound was nervewracking…i’d rather present at a conference where there’s lots of noise than in a quiet classroom.

i made it though, and i think i did a pretty good job…i had a co-presenter and we rotated turns and that made things much easier

actually i have made great strides in this over the last few years…

i got a lot of those books on cd for long drives between conferences

then i taught english for a year in taiwan which put me in the spotlight often

i’ve had a lot of experience speaking in public and maybe i am so-so at it, but i want to be great!