Grant Fritchey (12/16/2010)
It's going to sound funny when I say this, but the sore throat must have something to do with how you speak. I really don't do anything in particular to prep and I've only had a sore throat once or twice, and I know, one of those was because I caught some disease or other. Possibly you were tense and the tension went into your throat. Make a conscious effort to speak more slowly and possibly a little more quietly. You'll have to experiment.
That will indeed be one of the factors I need to take into account.
It has been noted on my checklist 😉
If you can, volunteer for cub scouts. If you can yell over the top of 60 screaming 8-10 y.o. boys, presenting is easy.
Back in the days I was a drill sergeant in the airforce for 2 months. After the first week, my voice was trained enough to roar from a vast distance and still being able to carry over the message :w00t:
But that's not the way I want to handle my presentations these days :hehe:
I've been impressed at SQLPASS on how un-damaged you ended your presentition without the sound system working :smooooth:
It is indeed a question of training your voice.
As to the adrenalin, I like it. I prefer it. I'm pretty nervous before every presentation. Usually, I'll shadow-box a bit before hand. It pumps me up a bit, but more importantly, it forces me to breathe correctly, so I'm less likely to (notice I didn't say I wouldn't) gasp my way through the presentation because of my excitement.
As to the bladder, it's a race-horse thing. I always have to go about 90 seconds before the presentation starts. First time I presented at the PASS Summit, it was bit of a gamble, because they didn't know me, so a board member was in the room. When I ran out, right before the start, he thought I was going to puke from nervousness, but I just had to prep for the race, if you get my drift.
It's a good thing we don't always show as we feel it ourself.
It's nice to hear things proceeded as acceptable. :Whistling:
Johan
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