So I went to my first train the trainer class today. It was pretty laid back, lots of discussion and tips on how to deal with common classroom situations. And we all had to get up there in front of the class and talk for five minutes on a topic of our choice. In front of a videocamera. hey there nerves! let’s make a deal… you let me off the hook here and I’ll find some nice reward for you soon. deal?

When it came to watching ourselves I think that everyone was a little bit surprised at the outcome. It’s a weird thing, watching a recording of yourself. I hadn’t done it in a long long time – probably since some high school concert where all I had to do was sit there with a clarinet in my mouth or a microphone in my hand and hide behind all the other kids with clarinets or microphones.

So I sat there and watched the little video michelle explain the benefits of yoga and draw little stick men on the flipchart (public speaking is one thing, but publicly demonstrating yoga positions by myself is quite another). It wasn’t so bad, actually. When I was speaking I felt very scattered and stuck for words, but when I watched my presentation on the video I was amazed at how much more composed and in control I appeared.

I’m really going to do this. It’s starting to sink in. The magnitude of preparation I need to do is starting to dawn on me, and I’m beginning to imagine myself standing in front of my bathroom mirror going over address structure rules and the key fields on the business partner screen. Soon I’ll be dreaming in powerpoint slides and flipchart diagrams…

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