do you fear public speaking?

[Ausm]

I say a 2 especially after I get a couple drinks in me 😉

Ausm

 

[Howard]

So, how do you tell the time with sunlight and stick? Don't you need to know one of the cardinal directions?

 

[MSCoder610]

"3" for me.

 

[oboeguy]

I love an audience. So 1.

 

[Alex]

i wouldn't really say its an overwhelming fear...

 

[DyslexicHobo]

Originally posted by: jpark932

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

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

ROFL!!!!


I voted 4, if it's in front of classmates I don't have any problem at all. If it's in front of a group of adults I don't know personally then I get nervous unless I'm very well prepared.

 

[dr150]

Toastmasters is your friend (Google it).

 

[notfred]

Doesn't really bother me. It used to, but not anymore. I'm pretty comfortable as long as I'm fmiliar with the subject matter.

 

[jdub1107]

7

 

[KK]

bump

 

[RaDragon]

1 -- I don't fear it, and I actually enjoy it.

 

[jagec]

I'm pretty decent at speaking and giving presentations where I know the material (in fact, I'm ROCK SOLID during rehearsal). I get a little nervous when I'm actually up there, but I can usually deliver OK. So I think 3 would be appropriate.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: 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.

same

 

[Lola]

I am actually very good at it and i miss not being able to do it more than i did in the past.

Its weird because i am a very quiet, shy person, but i love being the center of attention!
<-- self proclaimed attention whore! 😛

 

[Cerb]

Depends. It's about expectation. The more I practice, the worse I am. But I don't do that great w/o practice.

 

[tami]

it depends on my audience. if i'm going to talk to a bunch of morons, i feel much more confident than if i were to talk to people who might end up challenging me with questions that are way above my head.

that's why i feel more of a socialite at parties where i am either familiar with the crowd or feel just simply "older/more educated" ... when i was a freshman in college, this stuff scared the crap out of me, but by the time i was a senior, i felt better giving presentations.

 

[seanws]

you dont have 14 in your poll. so i cant vote

 

[LtPage1]

ive been blessed with a lack of anxiety over public speaking. :-/

1, easy

 

[midwestfisherman]

1 - the largest group I've spoken in front of was ~6000 people

 

[mb]

I used to, until I took a public speaking class and got an 100%

Whodathunkit

 

[dfinder]

Although i used to get away in those situations, but now after coming to col really started to roam around and chat out loud. In front of a cute and nice crowd..... Probably 8

 

[crisscross]

For me, it really depends on two things one my knowledge on the subject and 2, how comfortable i am with the audience.

 

[screw3d]

I'd give it a 9 :| I just suck at it 🙁

 

[Landroval]

1 -- it's a large part of my job and I feel confident in front of a large audience