Thursday, May 21, 2009

Sales training speech..

Yesterday was the time to test my speaking skills. It was exactly one year since I did my last speech at the Toastmasters Meeting. Yeah. A long gap.

I wasn't sure if I could do my speech until 2.00 pm in the afternoon and the meeting was at 4.00 pm. Once decided, I paused for a while and took a deep breath. Will I make an impression or not?

I believe public speaking is not only about speaking confidently but also about making impression.

So, with the help of a cup of hot coffee, in less than 1 hour I managed to prepare seven slides. Since it is about sales training, I prefered to have it on slides.

I thought I could only hit 10 or 15 minutes, so I discussed with my speech evaluater and we agreed to have the speech for 12 to 15 minitues. Safe.

Mine was the last speech. By the time I finished the introduction and landed on the main topic, I saw the green lights. The red light was there soon and was on until I finish. And I took 20 minutes and 40 seconds. I didn't realise and never thought.

There are two things: I could bring the best out of me under stress. And I have a good skill that I can invest.

Now, no time to pause before my next project, I have to run...if possible, double the speed.

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