Saturday, November 23, 2013

Public Speaking

This week we were asked to have complete 3 communication assessment tools and then ask two other people to do the same thing.  I asked my wife and the director of the school where I teach.  What surprised me most was how close all the results were.  There was very little difference in any of the categories.

One category that was slightly higher for the two outside raters was my public speaking.  I tend to be very hard on myself as a public speaker.  This was a very good week to hear that two people who I respect believe my public speaking skills are stronger then I do because I was giving my candidates speech at the NAEYC conference.  I took the information they gave me to heart and used it to build my confidence as I went into this important public speaking situation.

This could not have been a better week for me to be reading and thinking about how I perceive myself as a communicator and my speech went well and is contributing to my feeling more adequate as a public speaker.

2 comments:

  1. Betsy, I am so pleased that this information helped you with your candidate's speech; even for a seasoned public speaker that would have been a hard one to give! I also appreciated knowing that my colleague thought I was more confident in my speaking skills than I sometimes feel that I am.

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  2. I think it's great that you had almost the same results as the people you chose to evaluate you. Imagine it was completely different, what would that tell you about yourself? I for one thought my verbal aggressiveness and listening would be different than my husband's opinion of me, and I was pleasantly surprised when it wasn't. He says although he thinks I could be a little stuck in my ways, and often don't listen to him, I'm pretty good after all.....Thanks Goodness I suppose because this exercise really helped us self-reflect.

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