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Originally posted by Cloudbringer:
Guess I'm one of the ones who makes up the smaller percent of those who don't mind it. [img]smile.gif[/img] As long as I know my audience and my subject, I don't mind being in front of a crowd to deliver a talk. I've been a reader and teacher off and on at Church for many yearas now, and you get over being bothered by people following your every word pretty quickly! [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img]
I remember in our theater classes in College- we used to have to do individual and group presentations and I really liked that part of the class once I had a topic chosen or plan of action.
Here at work, I used to have to address groups of HS students visiting us for Spoken Russian competitions each spring and there could be anywhere from 300-600 of them plus the chaperones and teachers.
Just think of it as a one on one event, it goes pretty smoothly!
good luck, Moni!
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Agreed, Cloudy! As a teacher, my entire career revolves around "public speaking." I remember when I first started teaching; I didn't know who I was more afraid of, my class or my supervisor. I finally had to psyche myself out and put my nose to the grindstone. I was only 22 at the time and I was teaching a class of students most of whom were my age or older, so that's why I was so worried. It worked; turned out they were more afraid of me than I was of them, and after we reassured each other, we got along fine. Now making a public speech is little or nothing to me, after 16 years of doing it five days a week, 6 hours a day.
Cheers,
-Saz