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Mike Hankey wrote:
I admire people that can do public speaking
So do I. I'm just too scared of the darned thing. I've tried everything - even imagining my sitting audience as pumpkins - but nothing worked. I did terribly. :sigh:
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I find that I get most nervous when I feel that there may be someone in the audience who knows more about the subject than me. So I end up with a weird backwards-paranoia about speaking, where when I'm talking to a bunch of high-level execs (who know next to nothing about development) I'm not at all nervous, but you put me in front of a group of regular day-shift devs, I get seriously cold feet. Probably comes from the 2 years I spent teaching.
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My talk on Microcontrollers yesterday went really well. I was buzzing afterwards. I Got some good comments at the end, and the feedback ratings have been amazing. 8.5/9 so far. I can really understand why people do this kind of thing now. It's terrifying, but enjoyable at the same time. Looking forward to my next few now. (Collision detection on WP7 in February is booked, but I may also be doing something at DDD9 in January if I get the votes. Now that will be scary)
Simon
I've got a talk tomorrow to 12-14 people, not a confident speaker prefer 2-3 people at the most.
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My talk on Microcontrollers yesterday went really well. I was buzzing afterwards. I Got some good comments at the end, and the feedback ratings have been amazing. 8.5/9 so far. I can really understand why people do this kind of thing now. It's terrifying, but enjoyable at the same time. Looking forward to my next few now. (Collision detection on WP7 in February is booked, but I may also be doing something at DDD9 in January if I get the votes. Now that will be scary)
Simon
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Mike Hankey wrote:
I'm uncomfortable even talking to myself.
I warned you about buying those 'discounted' boxer shorts.
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Henry Minute wrote:
I warned you about buying those 'discounted' boxer shorts.
And I didn't listen to you did I? Should have known there was going to be a problem when I noticed that one leg was longer than the other.
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My talk on Microcontrollers yesterday went really well. I was buzzing afterwards. I Got some good comments at the end, and the feedback ratings have been amazing. 8.5/9 so far. I can really understand why people do this kind of thing now. It's terrifying, but enjoyable at the same time. Looking forward to my next few now. (Collision detection on WP7 in February is booked, but I may also be doing something at DDD9 in January if I get the votes. Now that will be scary)
Simon
Well Done! I hope you realise that you will now be the 'Go To Guy' when these things need doing in future.
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I find that I get most nervous when I feel that there may be someone in the audience who knows more about the subject than me. So I end up with a weird backwards-paranoia about speaking, where when I'm talking to a bunch of high-level execs (who know next to nothing about development) I'm not at all nervous, but you put me in front of a group of regular day-shift devs, I get seriously cold feet. Probably comes from the 2 years I spent teaching.
Yeah know what you mean. I didn't have AS MUCH trouble talking to the big wigs cause you could BS them but the troops know what the hell your talking about and will recognize the slightest bit of Caca El Toro.
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I've got a talk tomorrow to 12-14 people, not a confident speaker prefer 2-3 people at the most.
Don't worry. I'm sure it'll go ok. Preparation is the key.
Simon
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Mike Hankey wrote:
I admire people that can do public speaking
So do I. I'm just too scared of the darned thing. I've tried everything - even imagining my sitting audience as pumpkins - but nothing worked. I did terribly. :sigh:
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it. My latest tip/trick Visit the Hindi forum here.
Talking to a bunch of pumpkins would also make me pretty unsettled. :laugh:
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Congrats I admire people that can do public speaking...I'm uncomfortable even talking to myself. :)
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Congratulations!
Simon P Stevens wrote:
Looking forward to my next few now
Can you please webcast it so that CP can join in? :)
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Thanks. I'll have to look into getting something videoed next time, that would be cool.
Simon
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Don't worry. I'm sure it'll go ok. Preparation is the key.
Simon
Done lot's of prep, I'll see at 2:00pm tomorrow.
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Thanks. No, I did another back in the summer, but although it went ok, I wasn't really happy with it so I resolved to be better this time.
Simon
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Addictive isn't it? :)
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It most certainly is.
Simon
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Good for you! I used to do a fair bit of Public Speaking/Am Dram and you're right. Massive buzz when it goes well, or even when it simply doesn't go badly. :)
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Henry Minute wrote:
Am Dra
Wow! Now that is one step too far for me.
Simon
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Well Done! I hope you realise that you will now be the 'Go To Guy' when these things need doing in future.
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Thanks. I'm actually ok with that. I quite enjoyed it.
Simon
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Thanks. No, I did another back in the summer, but although it went ok, I wasn't really happy with it so I resolved to be better this time.
Simon
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Henry Minute wrote:
Am Dra
Wow! Now that is one step too far for me.
Simon
Simon P Stevens wrote:
Wow! Now that is one step too far for me.
A giant leap for a man, a small step for thespian kind. Just you wait. A few more good presentations, and who knows?
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Thanks. I get really nervous too, but when it actually came to it I was prepared enough that I could just talk through the nervousness.
Simon
Simon P Stevens wrote:
I was prepared enough that I could just talk through the nervousness.
Yeah being prepared and a good knowledge of subject matter are important and if I am comfortable with that I'm OK. Used to teach in house classes in places I've worked on VAX architecture, debugging and C++ programming when it first came out. But am extremely shy so was still a tad nervous.
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My talk on Microcontrollers yesterday went really well. I was buzzing afterwards. I Got some good comments at the end, and the feedback ratings have been amazing. 8.5/9 so far. I can really understand why people do this kind of thing now. It's terrifying, but enjoyable at the same time. Looking forward to my next few now. (Collision detection on WP7 in February is booked, but I may also be doing something at DDD9 in January if I get the votes. Now that will be scary)
Simon
Enjoyed the nugget last night. If you were nervous, it didn't really show. It was almost as if the 'mistakes' were deliberate to show how if you follow the instructions, the thing works!
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Talking to a bunch of pumpkins would also make me pretty unsettled. :laugh:
