I managed to get loads done yesterday and I feel generally caught up with things, I also completed my section of the tender document and sent it through to a colleague for completion of their relevant section. This leaves me with a day to prepare my presentation to the Food To Go event on Tuesday. The slide deck is complete and looking good (no thanks to me but huge thanks to our head of design) and I just need to martial my thoughts and pull together a coherent narrative. The notes I make are just to help me organise my thoughts as I never speak with notes at events, I have them handy to prompt me but I like to get away from lectures and roam the stage. I have a 15 minute slot which sounds short but really isn’t! This does include questions so I won’t need to speak for the whole session.
I’m not a natural public speaker but I have worked at this over the years and attempted to polish my skills (such as they are) so that I come across reasonably relaxed and convincing. This trick is to speak slowly and ensure that you are making eye contact with people in the room, try to be as natural as possible and let what you are saying flow, not matter how good the content a stilted delivery will turn people off to what you are saying. Anyway, time to hit my treadmill so more later.
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