I had a duel pleasure today.
1. Public speaking – audience consisted of 25 – 30 of my peers.
2. My speech was videoed – I just watched it.
I have a few takeaways from my own public speaking performance I would like to share:
A. Hand gestures – yes, they are presidential and help engage the audience, BUT flapping like a baby duck desperate to fly after its abandoning mother is not effective and pretty distracting.
B. Speaking slowly – yes, good idea when speaking in front of a group. Speaking like a record (for those among us that remember records) on the wrong speed, again, is distracting and comes across a little weird.
C. Avoiding “Ummmm” by instead saying “Ummunamazing” is no better than “Ummm.” Perhaps worse.
3 comments:
Reading about your experiences is the highlight of my day----really.
(Yes, that may say something about my day.)
Hubert, you have a career just waiting for you...a magician.
H.B.
Ummunamazing??? Yes it is worse...life would be dull with out Hubert.
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