like you have a fantastic opportunity at your job to improve your communication skills, as
your boss seems particularly invested in your professional development. While it must get
a repetitious to teach the same content 8 times, it must really help you focus on your
delivery after you have the content down pat.
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Ellis,
I certainly understand where you're coming from when you mention reading out loud. In
my younger years, I had quite a severe speech impediment that prevented me from
pronouncing any "r" sound. I had such a love for reading out loud, but it was awfully hard
to do as a young child being made fun of for something I couldn't control. It sounds like
you have a fantastic opportunity at your job to improve your communication skills, as your
boss seems particularly invested in your professional development. While it must get a
repetitious to teach the same content 8 times, it must really help you focus on your delivery
after you have the content down pat.
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Hadi Soufi
Hadi Soufi
Jan 1, 2017 Jan 1 at 6:58pm
I've never really felt nervous doing public speaking. The opposite rather, I've always felt
comfortable on a podium or in front of a group, especially when I feel knowledgeable about a
given topic. I'm honestly not sure what more I can say about this. It's hard for me to give
suggestions to combat speech anxiety because it just... doesn't bother me.
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I've never really felt nervous doing public speaking. The opposite rather, I've always felt
comfortable on a podium or in front of a group, especially when I feel knowledgeable about a
given topic.
I'm honestly not sure what more I can say about this. It's hard for me to give suggestions to combat
speech anxiety because it just... doesn't bother me.
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Joseph Diodato
Joseph Diodato
Jan 1, 2017 Jan 1 at 9:25pm
I do find myself feeling nervous when I find myself about to speak, whether it be for a class, or for
a conference or other form of engagement. I don't particularly feel nervous knowing that I'll have
to speak, but I do feel a sense of nervousness when I stand before a group waiting to hear what I
have to say. For me in particular, the strongest element to my speech anxiety is a sense of
imposter syndrome, or feeling like I'm not competent or qualified enough to present to a room full
of my peers on my chosen professional route, higher education. As I reflect on a recent
conference presentation I gave at Western Carolina University, I recall feeling even more nervous
due to the professional rank of the folks that showed up. While I had been expecting a room full
of students, I was also slightly mortified to find several graduate students and professionals who
had wondered into my session, finding some intrigue in the proposal that I had submitted. For me,
the best way to prepare for a speaking engagement is to prepare to the best of my ability. Not to
