GUEST SPEAKER: Hi.
I'm taking [INAUDIBLE] advice and trying to desensitize
myself to speaking on camera.
So that's why I'm doing a vlog instead of blog.
I thought today was really a good class.
It was good having George come and share some of his wisdom
with us and also being able to give us some sort of critique
on our scripts and what we should change about them.
Some of things I wrote down that I thought
were particularly important that I'm going to take away from it
is that a lot is making sure that you're
able to relate with your audience.
And, with that, being able to kind of be personal with them
and create an environment where it's not just you
presenting or talking to the students but something
that you're trying to figure this out-- you and them.
It's not just-- you get my drift.
Also another thing that I got out of it
was how it takes 8 to 12 scripts,
and not just revising scripts, but actually doing
the entire thing over again.
And I was jotting down some notes
about how I would change mine, and I was
looking at specific sentences.
Then I shied away from that, and I actually
tried to rewrite some of it.
And I can see what you're saying, that you definitely--
you don't have any bias, you're not thinking of what you said
and what you're trying to force into place
from your previous script.
You're just able to have a clear mind
and to present it in a new way now.
So that's what I did with my pitch.
I'm going to post it right after this video.
But the pitch was definitely a lot easier.
I'm speaking to a subject that I am personally familiar with,
so I don't have to fake it as much.
And the other part that I thought
was good with pitching something that I know
is, I'm somewhat a little bit more excited about it,
even though I think naturally I don't project
a very excited tone, I guess.
So that's something I have to work on.
And actually the piece of advice that George
gave about trying to step up your video, because the video
naturally makes you a little bit more boring.
That's something I really have to work on,
and the video I'm going to post, I'm not perfect at it yet.
I still sound pretty monotone, but I
think that will come with time.
So I'm excited to see what tomorrow's class has in store.
And, yeah, I think I'm going in the right direction.
So I'm excited about that.
All right.
Bye.