Comments on: The opposite of fear! http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/05/17/the-opposite-of-fear/ hints, tips and articles ~ to help the impact your presentations make Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:50:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: simon http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/05/17/the-opposite-of-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-159308 simon Tue, 19 May 2009 20:19:14 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/?p=138#comment-159308 Nice to hear from you Chris. FWIW, we've got a kind of mantra in the company (and bear in mind we do presentations day in day out!) that goes like this: The day I stand up to speak and I'm not a little afraid is the day AFTER I should have quit. :) Nice to hear from you Chris. FWIW, we’ve got a kind of mantra in the company (and bear in mind we do presentations day in day out!) that goes like this:

The day I stand up to speak and I’m not a little afraid is the day AFTER I should have quit. :)

]]> By: Chris Witt http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/05/17/the-opposite-of-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-159302 Chris Witt Tue, 19 May 2009 19:31:00 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/?p=138#comment-159302 I agree with you wholeheartedly. I think that good speakers, whether they're experienced or not, should always have a little bit of fear. It's the kind of fear that comes from letting people know something about yourself and what you value. The only way you can coast through a speech or presentation without any fear at all is to be on automatic pilot, saying what you've said before and not engaging the specific audience you're addressing. Then, as you say, your presentation will be, among other things, smug. Thanks for your insights. Chris I agree with you wholeheartedly. I think that good speakers, whether they’re experienced or not, should always have a little bit of fear. It’s the kind of fear that comes from letting people know something about yourself and what you value. The only way you can coast through a speech or presentation without any fear at all is to be on automatic pilot, saying what you’ve said before and not engaging the specific audience you’re addressing. Then, as you say, your presentation will be, among other things, smug.

Thanks for your insights. Chris

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