Not The Good Kind Of Funk…
I know I’ve been virtually absent lately. (Get it? Virtually…on the Interwebz…where nobody is real…)
I’m in a funk. And it’s going to be that way for awhile, I think. Something has to give, but right now, everything is holding tenuously. And in the midst of all this struggle, I’m somehow a speaker at a conference in mid-October. I was one of the minors, but since the lead dropped out (for reasons unknown to me), I’m the main. Which makes me extremely uncomfortable.
You see, I’m a mumbler.
We’ve gone over this before. If I have any strengths (still up for debate), they are for the written word and not the spoken word. I’m barely audible and I don’t enunciate. And I know this. Hell, others know this. They can hear me (barely) talking. And every joke I attempt in front of more than three people falls flat.
Again, I WRITES good, I DON’T SPEAKS good.
If you’re interested in attending this conference, I’ll provide a link. However, do not come to my seminar. Seriously. It will be a train wreck. And not the good kind.
September 27th, 2009 at 11:29 am
I hear you. Really I do.
You will do a fantastic job.
September 27th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
They wouldn’t have picked you if they thought you couldn’t rise to the occasion!
.-= Kathy G´s last blog …God’s Acre =-.
September 27th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
I think it’s AWESOME that you are speaking. Terrifying, sure, but just amazing.
.-= EDW´s last blog …And I’m singing to you, you’re singing to me =-.
September 28th, 2009 at 12:52 am
I kinda have to disagree, I know you and what you said up there was pretty much spot on. It’s tough doing public speaking! I would just encourage you to write everything you want to say and then just say everything you have written down! That way you won’t go off trail and you’ll have time to read it over and over and highlight certain parts you need help remembering to enunciate. My mom always goes through it and times herself to see how long it takes and what parts feel weak when she facilitates classes. Let me know if I can do anything to help prepare or anything. Oh, and maybe come up with like graphics or charts….something for them to look at and that will divert a little pressure off you to perform
It’ll be tough but I do think you can do it. 
.-= BeccA’s Buzz´s last blog …Give Me Five Monday Meme #52 =-.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:52 am
I don’t think many people REALLY enjoy being in the “speaker” position. Prepare, take a deep breath, and you may just dazzle yourself! I think it’s wonderful to do things now and then that are challenging or make us uncomfortable. The people who know you have faith in you!