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I will be giving my first public presentation at CA World which is held at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas from November 16th – 20th. I am extremely nervous as I have never done public speaking before and the thought of standing up in front of a crowd and speaking in a microphone, or showing a slideshow to dozens and dozens of faces I don’t know or recognizes gives me stomach pains when I go to sleep at night.
I can only say this: I know my material well, I am SiteMinder subject expert and I know how my bank leverages the product inside and out as I designed and architected many of the solutions with my team. So I know my content and am confident in my material. I am not so confident in my ability to not draw a blank while I am giving the presentation, or stutter and stammer my words.
This is odd because I used to play Dungeons and Dragons for fifteen years where I would speak as a Dungeon Master and role play in small groups of up to six and eight. I also have given this same presentation to groups of 14 at my company twice already and did a decent job, yet why am I so anxious and stressed about doing this same presentation at CA World?
Alas, I am venting my worries and fears of public speaking on my blog.
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