The Forums › Forums › The Workplace › Who to Tell? › Embarrassing Moment › Re: Embarrassing Moment
YES!
this happens to me a good amount of the time. and i too write a list or an outline of what topics i need to cover in order to stay focused and on track. i actually do really well when involved in trainings or meeting where there is an outline to be covered.
in fact i have to present the board of my kids’ school this coming month and am sitting here scrambling for a steady outline and be able to present the back-up information in an efficient manner (as i will only have 15 minutes to cover at least 5 fairly serious topics). the only thing that i tend to not fumble (where you may lack from time to time) is being able to improve my “speeches”. i was in debate when in high school and they taught us lil’ tricks so that we could get our points across without a hitch. these are the ones that really stuck with me:
1)write down main topics on an index card
2)if you feel as though you are fumbling for words…. break for water (even a small window of 30 seconds, makes you recheck your brain to stay on point)
3)and try to keep things as simple as possible (this was a big key for me, b/c a lot of the times i would try to get all fancy with verbiage and i’d totally lose my place, or thought. all b/c i was so focused on trying to find another word to say tempting, or whatever).
it’s funny that you went back and told your co-workers what happened. i usually do the same if i feel that i could have performed better than i had. but i’ve been trying to stop that, b/c my hubby says i need to stop making excuses… even when i tell him they aren’t excuses, i’m just explaining where i’m coming from- he still says they are excuses. i digress, this is one of my big issues i’m trying to overcome
any hoots, i don’t know if i answered your question or not. but that’s my take at least.
REPORT ABUSE