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Miserable speaking experiences.

Giving talks drains me. It’s brutal to try to publicly convey information, to be the center of attention. I much much much prefer to be the one observing than the one speaking. But I feel like giving talks is important. So I speak. But it ain’t easy.

If you’ve spoken at conferences you can totally feel what she was going through. This reminds me a lot of a session I did for a bunch of staff where the shop teacher fell asleep and began snoring. Funny, sure. But what a mess.

Source: apophenia: spectacle at Web2.0 Expo… from my perspective

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One Response to “Miserable speaking experiences.”

  1. Todd Says:
    November 26th, 2009 at 9:50 am

    I considered you a friend. Hell, we’ve shared a beer on more than one occasion. YET, I’ve never heard the “I put someone to sleep while talking to them” story. I hate you.