I had to give a presentation as part of my assessment for cognitive psychology. My topic was on how cognitive performance can be influenced by biological cycles. My preparation for the presentation was pretty much 11th hour work. This morning I woke up knowing fully well how "ready" I am for presenting the topic. I thought what the hell, I'm just gonna go in there and regurgitate everything that I can recall. I don't have proper training in giving a talk. But one thing is for certain. The trick lies in making it seem like you know your stuff well. That's what professional speakers will tell you. I used to be afraid of speaking in front a bunch of people for fear what comes out of my mouth is incoherent. I still worry about that from time to time but as years passed and as i've been tossed the opportunity to present something occasionally, I'd say I have to agree with the professionals.
And so there I was talking for nearly 40 minutes on a topic that I thought I'd barely make it through the 20 minute mark. Before I bore you with the boring details I'll cut straight to the chase. My prof met up with me afterwards to give his review. He was actually impressed with how comfortable I was up there when giving the talk. He said he liked it that I smiled occasionally and showed much enthusiasm for the topic I was given.
Firstly. Thank you God.
Secondly. I do like smiling. I smile and laugh alot actually. No doubt I'd have wrinkles before i even reach 35. That's not the point. I smile more when i'm nervous. I tend to talk more and with much gusto especially when I know i'm running out of things to talk. I guess that comes off as confidence and enthusiasm to my prof. I think if I had said oranges grow on apple trees, he'd believe me!
God knows I was really nervous before the talk. Kept thinking if my audience will catch my bluff, which I think some of them did. But oh well, the person assessing my presentation seems to be taken in and that's what matters at the end of the day right?
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