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| Cover Page of PresentationZen by Garr Reynolds |
It's funny that as a teacher I'm in front of an audience everyday and speaking publicly. Yet when it comes to choosing between writing a paper or making a presentation my first thought was to write a paper. I hate speaking or presenting and when given a choice I would rather not. Why is this? Perhaps fear of judgment from my colleagues? Fear of stumbling over my words? Fear of going blank in the middle of my presentation? Being a little bit of a perfectionist, I also think that I get a little timid doing a presentation on a project that didn’t necessarily go perfectly.
I tell my students all the time that performing in front of an audience is a skill that needs to be practiced and the more you do it, the better that you become. So I suppose I should become a student of my own teaching and take this perfect opportunity to practice something that scares me and something that I need to work on more as well.
So many educators whom I know who do not think twice about standing in front of their class everyday feel exactly as you describe yourself, completely scared of the possible disaster of presenting in front of adults and/or colleagues.
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