Jenna asked me if I was going to post about last Friday and I didn't know what to tell her. I guess I want to tell friends and family but I know other people read this and I don't want to toot my own horn. In fact its just hard to right about yourself at all. I just want everyone to share in our joy that is Noah and keep you guys up on Jenna. But me? Me? It feels weird but here goes.
Last Friday was the kickoff for the Cure. Basically a luncheon for last years sponsors of the Ozark Race for the Cure and an event to announce the chair, vice-chair, and honorary chairs. Since Jenna's broken the news here, you know I'm the vice-chair for the 09 race. I was asked to say something at the event. Well I haven't had to speak in public...I'VE NEVER SPOKEN IN PUBLIC. I didn't even take speech in college I'm not a nervous person but I had a little anxiety leading up to the day.
I think it went well. They laughed at my joke and I think I conveyed the message I was asked to convey. I was sandwiched right between the chair and the mayor of Rogers. When I saw the schedule and saw I spoke before a mayor, I thought I was out of my league, but I did okay. I was asked to tell 'our story' to give a personal touch to the day instead of it just being a press conference. So I started thinking about what to say and I made an outline. Closer to the day I was asked what I'd say and then was told to just be 'brief.' How do you tell your story and be brief? As you know brevity has never been a strength of mine. So I went back and started marking out parts of the outline. Then the day before my speech I got an itinerary by email and I saw I was given 10 minutes so I had to go back and put everything I took out back in.
I was a little nervous the morning of the speech but I was interviewed for TV about 30 minutes before the thing started and that calmed me down. Jenna showed up and after 3 days of terrible weather we had a gorgeous afternoon. The day was truly a success as we added 2 new sponsors to the fold and I got my first public speaking behind me.
Last Friday was the kickoff for the Cure. Basically a luncheon for last years sponsors of the Ozark Race for the Cure and an event to announce the chair, vice-chair, and honorary chairs. Since Jenna's broken the news here, you know I'm the vice-chair for the 09 race. I was asked to say something at the event. Well I haven't had to speak in public...I'VE NEVER SPOKEN IN PUBLIC. I didn't even take speech in college I'm not a nervous person but I had a little anxiety leading up to the day.
I think it went well. They laughed at my joke and I think I conveyed the message I was asked to convey. I was sandwiched right between the chair and the mayor of Rogers. When I saw the schedule and saw I spoke before a mayor, I thought I was out of my league, but I did okay. I was asked to tell 'our story' to give a personal touch to the day instead of it just being a press conference. So I started thinking about what to say and I made an outline. Closer to the day I was asked what I'd say and then was told to just be 'brief.' How do you tell your story and be brief? As you know brevity has never been a strength of mine. So I went back and started marking out parts of the outline. Then the day before my speech I got an itinerary by email and I saw I was given 10 minutes so I had to go back and put everything I took out back in.
I was a little nervous the morning of the speech but I was interviewed for TV about 30 minutes before the thing started and that calmed me down. Jenna showed up and after 3 days of terrible weather we had a gorgeous afternoon. The day was truly a success as we added 2 new sponsors to the fold and I got my first public speaking behind me.
