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JVL58	Do you like speaking in public?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 668 (07/18/08 01:29 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I'd have a photographic memory but it was never developed. Remove this ad I had to do this today, I hate it. I'm not really a shy person, but I am not comfortable with public speaking. I'm never going to one of those stupid meetings again.
LaurenTheLush		#1	[-]
Posts: 1786 (07/18/08 01:30 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	It's not something I dread, but I don't go out of my way to do it. I'm not really shy so I've never had any big freak outs about it.
sadllama		#2	[-]
Posts: 2234 (07/18/08 01:31 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Public speaking is most people's number one fear, so yes, many people hate it.
U91731		#3	[-]
Posts: 8967 (07/18/08 01:32 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Doesn't bother me. But I do hate watching someone who is afraid of public speaking stutter and stammer and sweat out the ordeal. I want to leave. Because it's so embarassing to watch.
Seahawketti		#4	[-]
Posts: 173 (07/18/08 01:33 PM) Thinks Jay Leno is funny Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I avoid it at all costs. My work keeps asking me if I'll teach some classes to new nurses and I always have to say, "Sorry, but I don't speak in front of groups." Other than heights, I can't think of anything that scares me more than speaking in public. Well, maybe the thought of Matt Hasselbeck getting hurt, but let's not go there.
Charming Nemesis		#5	[-]
Posts: 3565 (07/18/08 01:33 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I hate it, but I'm very good at it, so people ask me to do it lots, which builds up the anxiety.
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Posts: 3793 (07/18/08 01:34 PM) Registered loser Reply Quote More Recent Posts	It doesn't bother me. Any audience should be honored to hear me speak.
BobbyBrown06		#7	[-]
Posts: 8857 (07/18/08 01:34 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I failed Public Speaking freshmen year of college, so no I do not in fact like speaking in public.
JVL58		#8	[-]
Posts: 669 (07/18/08 01:34 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I didn't stutter or stammer, i may have had sweaty palms.
Vegazguy		#9	[-]
Posts: 11948 (07/18/08 01:34 PM) 10 per day, bitches! Reply Quote More Recent Posts	i like it. it gives me boners.
pinkdolphin		#10	[-]
Posts: 7129 (07/18/08 01:35 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I'd have a photographic memory but it was never developed. Remove this ad I hate it and took a class about becoming more comfortable. One thing I learned is not to use filler words like "um" or "uh". I count them now when people give speeches.
LaurenTheLush		#11	[-]
Posts: 1787 (07/18/08 01:36 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I tend to wear low cut shirts and just keep my fingers crossed they are staring at my chest and ignoring the bullshit thats coming out of my mouth.
Carboys Desire		#12	[-]
Posts: 2911 (07/18/08 01:36 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I've done it plenty but I hate it. The key is to remember that odds are no one in the room knows more about what you are speaking about than you do. When that's not the case, it can be terrifying!
JVL58		#13	[-]
Posts: 670 (07/18/08 01:38 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	This was one of those networking meetings. Everyone gets 60 seconds to talk. One woman loved the sound of her own voice and yammered on and on, I can't remember a thing she said.
NeonTetra67		#14	[-]
Posts: 5218 (07/18/08 01:38 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I am good at public speaking, it doesn't bother me at all but I dont go out of my way to volunteer. But usually people from work and friends volunteer for me.
Vegazguy		#15	[-]
Posts: 11949 (07/18/08 01:39 PM) 10 per day, bitches! Reply Quote More Recent Posts	LaurenTheLush wrote: I tend to wear low cut shirts and just keep my fingers crossed they are staring at my chest and ignoring the bullshit thats coming out of my mouth. girrrrrrrrl, you now. i like to wear boxers so that my package shows. same concept as yours. ;-)
Seahawketti		#16	[-]
Posts: 174 (07/18/08 01:40 PM) Thinks Jay Leno is funny Reply Quote More Recent Posts	LaurenTheLush wrote: I tend to wear low cut shirts and just keep my fingers crossed they are staring at my chest and ignoring the bullshit thats coming out of my mouth. Well, that strategy may work now, but wait til you're 45...not so much.
smartguy24		#17	[-]
Posts: 2658 (07/18/08 01:44 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	LaurenTheLush wrote: I tend to wear low cut shirts and just keep my fingers crossed they are staring at my chest and ignoring the bullshit thats coming out of my mouth. That may be the best public speaking strategy I've ever heard. I'll never volunteer to do it, but its not as bad as it once was. Although I still prefer when I actually know what the fuck I'm talking about.
smokeitgood		#18	[-]
Posts: 5560 (07/18/08 01:44 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	im amazing at it yw i will be a stand up comic one day bc im so um uh um funny uh lololol
U91731		#19	[-]
Posts: 8970 (07/18/08 01:46 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	JVL58 wrote: This was one of those networking meetings. Everyone gets 60 seconds to talk. One woman loved the sound of her own voice and yammered on and on, I can't remember a thing she said. Not trying to be snide here...at all. But...speaking in meetings isn't really like public speaking. I thought you were going to stand up and orate about something.
TW4Life		#20	[-]
Posts: 432 (07/18/08 01:47 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I'd have a photographic memory but it was never developed. Remove this ad LaurenTheLush wrote: I tend to wear low cut shirts and just keep my fingers crossed they are staring at my chest and ignoring the bullshit thats coming out of my mouth. I promise you that I would ALWAYS ignore the bullshit that comes out of your mouth. lolz?

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