do you fear public speaking?

[skim milk]

10 being you'd rather get fired or fail before you give a presentation or a speech in front of people
1 being you don't mind it at all, actually you enjoy it

 

[Ryan]

I'd say an 8 - I CANNOT stand public speaking, and get very anxious just thinking about it.

 

[meltdown75]

I enjoy it. In uni, I was the guy in the group (projects etc.) that always ended up doing the presentations, so my fear was kinda forced away. I used to hate it but now I don't mind. Voted: 2

 

[audi]

2 i don't enjoy it but i don't fear it

 

[Amused]

Very high. I hate public speaking.

 

[Anubis]

15

i actually passed out when i gave my senior research presentation in college, i just ffreeked out in front of like 100 or so people, and fell over

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

I don't mind it, but I dislike one on one conversations more. I'm not big on making sales pitches or asking for things...

 

[kranky]

Study after study has shown public speaking is the thing most people fear more than anything else.

I used to be extremely uncomfortable but like anything else, it gets easier with practice. The Toastmasters organization does a good job of helping people learn how to do it better.

I used to be a 9 but now it's more like a 3, and that's because I've done it a lot of times.

 

[Armitage]

2 - I generally don't go out of my way to do it, but if it's on something I'm passionate about, I enjoy it.

 

[suklee]

8.5
im afraid of being boring

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Anubis
15

i actually passed out when i gave my senior research presentation in college, i just ffreeked out in front of like 100 or so people, and fell over

r u ok? that would have to be one of your most embarassing moments. *pats Anubis on the back*

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

After countless presentations at work and in school...3

 

[AcidicFury]

1- I'm a nationally ranked debator.

 

[clamum]

Probably 6 or 7

 

[K1052]

About a 9. I'll do it if there is no other alternative (like throwing a chair through a plate glass window to escape).

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: Anubis
15

i actually passed out when i gave my senior research presentation in college, i just ffreeked out in front of like 100 or so people, and fell over

r u ok? that would have to be one of your most embarassing moments. *pats Anubis on the back*

that wasent the first time it has happened

pretty much if i have to talk to a group of more then 10-15 people im gonna have some serious issues

 

[Ynog]

Never had a problem with public speaking.

Seems like I've always been nominated to do the speaking in groups since I younger. You just get used it after a while.

 

[Jpark]

Originally posted by: AcidicFury
1- I'm a nationally ranked debator.

so what your really trying to say is.....your a master debator?

haha j/k


I had a public speaking class last semester and it wasn't too bad. I voted 3.

 

[Squisher]

I gave it a 9.

Ten years ago it would have been a 10, but the older I get the less I give a fvck what people think of me.

 

[MechJinx]

3 - it doesn't really bother me until about a minute or two before I start speaking then I get anxious wanting it to start. weird....

 

[Red]

I'd say 3. I'm in Advanced Public Speaking class right now and I'm extremely comfortable in front of groups. I'll post a vid cap of me speaking a few weeks ago in class.

 

[NuclearNed]

I love public speaking, even though I tend to be a little introverted when it comes to one on one conversation.

 

[BS911]

Hmm, I'd say 4 or 5.....Not one of my favorite things to do but I'm not compeltely terrified or anything. Pretty nervous before and at the start of speaking but loosen up a bit once started.

 

[CrackaLackaZe]

It depends on the subject, I dont mind so much if I'm confident I know more than the audience does in the area I'm talking about.

 

[TallBill]

2, i dont enjoy it, but I certainly dont mind it.