Whilst I've never been to Toastmasters, I've a number
of friends who (when they changed from technical to
managerial) swear by the benefits - so I indirectly
recommend the organisation vigorously.
Unfortunately I'm stuck with the opposite affliction
of too much liking for public speaking. Generally my
presentations conclude with:
"Excuse me Mr McDonald. Its building management here.
Everyone's gone home. You've run over your 1 hour
timeslot by 3 days...Get out of our building or we
call security! And get that stupid grin off your face"
:-)
- Stephen Andert <StephenAndert_at_firsthealth.com>
wrote: > Well, as a first time IOUG presenter this
year, I'm
> probably way
> under-qualified to address this questions, but here
> goes anyway.
>
> I've attended presentations that were so-so
> content-wise, but the
> quality of the speaker made it enjoyable. I've been
> in presentations
> that were top-shelf content-wise but were presented
> by a speaker that
> was either new or not as polished as some and I
> enjoyed them for the
> content. The best ones are the ones that have both.
> I realized about 8
> years ago that my career would be made or broken
> based not on technical
> skills, but on my ability to communicate to other
> people in both
> technical and non-technical realms. I was deathly
> afraid of public
> speaking so I joined Toastmasters. Through their
> program I was able to
> learn some skills required for presenting as well as
> practice speaking
> in a supportive environment. Even still, I get
> butterflies before
> starting a presentation or public speech (I've
> presented several times
> at my local user group). To some degree those
> butterflies are good
> since they give you a certain degree of excitement
> about the topic.
> I've attended presentations where the speaker not
> only knew everything
> about a topic, but was bored with it and that is a
> very bad way to spend
> any length of time. I had my presentation done in
> time so that I
> presented it at my local user group and used the
> feedback from the 20 or
> so people there to enhance it. I also practiced
> presenting one last
> time about two hours before my time slot so that
> everything was fresh.
>
> If you have ideas (and I know you do), pick one that
> interests you and
> prepare a presentation for a smaller gathering
> (local user group or
> company group). That will give you practice and
> feedback to polish it
> for a bigger conference. Now if you want more help
> preparing, find a
> Toastmasters in your area (www.toastmasters.org).
> Even if the members
> of your club aren't in your line of work, they can
> help you polish your
> presentation in terms of flow, pace, visuals, etc.
>
> Good luck & hope to see you present soon.
> Stephen, former Toastmasters member
>
> >>> messydba_at_yahoo.com 05/07/03 10:26AM >>>
> OK, i've been told by several people [i do question
> their sanuty.;-)]
> that i should present at one of these conference
> things.
>
> so, from you experienced presenters, what's the
> precedure? any tips?
> am i totally insane? [OK don't answer that last
> one.;-)]
>
>
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