On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 19:01:46 +0200, "Gail Shaw" <initialsurname@sentech
sa dot com> wrote:



I bet people think I was joking. Unless you are the one who throws
everyone else about :) Even non contact sports involve some tripping
:)



>I did public speaking back in highschool, but that was 15 years of so ago
>I've done ad-hoc presentations to colleagues in recent months. They haven't
>gone too badly, but then they're a captive audience.
>Biggest thing I've notices is that I start waffling, then run out of things
>to say mid sentence. Probably cause I don't have notes, am using other
>people's slide shows and have not gone over what I'm going to say.
>
The fact that you have spoken to people and you're not screaming at
the thought makes it easier. My rule is if I don't know something I
try to stop myself from waffling and a good ploy is to say something
like. "I can't answer you just now but I will take a note of it and
get back to you" Then if possible write it up on a whiteboard.
Panache! Respect! Sister! :) If I do waffle I do it in my broadest
Scots accent so no one can understand me. I got that idea in Croatia
from a project manager who spoke so broadly when he got excited no one
could understand him. I had to translate :) 
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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