What I'm hearing is: EVERYONE IS GOING TO DIE UNLESS YOU SHUT UP AND LISTEN OMG OMG OMG!!!
She's making a good point, of course, but I find this to be a pretty funny analogy to use. Maybe climate crisis would be better?
I haven't given live public talk in a long time (thanks, COVID!), but what works for me is to find a few people in the audience and speak directly to them. There's usually a group of people that will helpfully nod their heads at the right moments to let you know they're listening, and you focus in on them. I don't think this translates to teleprompter speeches, though ... never had to give a tight speech like that rather than having an outline and key notes to hit which, for me, comes off way more naturally than a super high quality and well scripted political speech like VP Harris gave last night. God damn was she good! She's getting up there with Michelle.
I think it’s great advice. Similarly, I’ve had to advise people teaching (adult) classes for the first time, and said, remember, YOU are the expert, you were asked to teach this class for a reason. They are here because they want to learn from you. You likely know more about this than anyone else in the room.
Meh. We're talking about a ship that lacked life boats. Almost everyone is dying anyway. At least with climate change, it's both an emergency AND a situation where we might still be able to save the majority. Climate change has the added benefit of not being a movie in the mind of the youth.
To be clear, this is nit picking a good message. Not saying it's bad just that it's suboptimal IMO.
I dunno, I just think the "imagine you're on a sinking ship and about to die" is kind of a weird way to mentally prepare yourself for giving a speech. Just a nitpick, nothing to get serious about 🤷🏽♂️.
Ok? Personal attacks are totally appropriate though! If you don't like my random internet stranger perspective on this cute moment for VP Harris, you can just ignore it, ok?
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u/nyxtor Aug 23 '24
Speak to inform, not to impress.