Public Speaking Follow-Up

Our annual general meeting was a great success. We had a poetry slam after the meeting. I had never been to one. The poets were amazing!

The speech went alright too. After making poor Carla stay up past midnight as I practiced in front of her on FaceTime, and after dragging my poor colleague into a board room to practice on her the next day, I was well rehearsed. There advice to "speak from the heart" was really effective. Thank you.

Also thanks to my friend and colleague Mark who gave hilarious advice: "Don't be nervous! I mean how many painfully boring speakers have you sat through? If you're even remotely interesting, it will be a success."

Here's me lowering the mic about a foot. (Even though the previous speaker was only 5'7.)

Thanks to the amazing and talented photographer Stephen Spoon for documenting the evening.