Gave a talk for the Asia Society here last night. About 100 ppl turned up for the talk--but wait! I was just the supporting speaker. An established documentary filmmaker had a presentation on her work for the Museum of Chinese in America and I was there to provide back-up historical narratives on the subject. It was my first time speaking in front of a non-academic audience and it mostly went well. I was pretty happy with how calm I was for most of it. I learned some things about being in the spotlight, haha!
But today, I'm just exhausted and can barely work on prep work for class later this week.
So is it "easier" to speak to academics or non academics?
ReplyDelete:) it's easier in the sense that i don't have to prepare a presentation that showcases original research. it was difficult in the sense that i had to make it entertaining!!!!! but it also inspired me to make my academic stuff entertaining as well. my work hasn't seemed very fun for a long time and i wonder if things could be different. so this is great! i'm goingto try to be more fun as an academic. :)
ReplyDeleteit was difficult to be on stage with the spotlight shining into your eyes but i surprised myself by demonstrating a great deal of calm. many pats on my own back!!!
Congrats! How exciting and fun : ) Terrifying, but thrilling, I'm sure...
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