1 00:00:00,940 --> 00:00:01,690 GUEST SPEAKER: Hi. 2 00:00:01,690 --> 00:00:05,550 I'm taking [INAUDIBLE] advice and trying to desensitize 3 00:00:05,550 --> 00:00:07,530 myself to speaking on camera. 4 00:00:07,530 --> 00:00:11,000 So that's why I'm doing a vlog instead of blog. 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,990 I thought today was really a good class. 6 00:00:13,990 --> 00:00:18,390 It was good having George come and share some of his wisdom 7 00:00:18,390 --> 00:00:24,470 with us and also being able to give us some sort of critique 8 00:00:24,470 --> 00:00:28,210 on our scripts and what we should change about them. 9 00:00:28,210 --> 00:00:30,930 Some of things I wrote down that I thought 10 00:00:30,930 --> 00:00:36,800 were particularly important that I'm going to take away from it 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,450 is that a lot is making sure that you're 12 00:00:40,450 --> 00:00:42,030 able to relate with your audience. 13 00:00:42,030 --> 00:00:48,740 And, with that, being able to kind of be personal with them 14 00:00:48,740 --> 00:00:54,880 and create an environment where it's not just you 15 00:00:54,880 --> 00:01:02,700 presenting or talking to the students but something 16 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:05,400 that you're trying to figure this out-- you and them. 17 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:10,650 It's not just-- you get my drift. 18 00:01:13,286 --> 00:01:14,910 Also another thing that I got out of it 19 00:01:14,910 --> 00:01:21,730 was how it takes 8 to 12 scripts, 20 00:01:21,730 --> 00:01:24,640 and not just revising scripts, but actually doing 21 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:25,870 the entire thing over again. 22 00:01:25,870 --> 00:01:27,650 And I was jotting down some notes 23 00:01:27,650 --> 00:01:29,410 about how I would change mine, and I was 24 00:01:29,410 --> 00:01:31,730 looking at specific sentences. 25 00:01:31,730 --> 00:01:37,220 Then I shied away from that, and I actually 26 00:01:37,220 --> 00:01:38,780 tried to rewrite some of it. 27 00:01:38,780 --> 00:01:42,290 And I can see what you're saying, that you definitely-- 28 00:01:42,290 --> 00:01:45,690 you don't have any bias, you're not thinking of what you said 29 00:01:45,690 --> 00:01:47,620 and what you're trying to force into place 30 00:01:47,620 --> 00:01:48,760 from your previous script. 31 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,680 You're just able to have a clear mind 32 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,230 and to present it in a new way now. 33 00:01:54,230 --> 00:01:58,010 So that's what I did with my pitch. 34 00:01:58,010 --> 00:02:00,250 I'm going to post it right after this video. 35 00:02:00,250 --> 00:02:04,260 But the pitch was definitely a lot easier. 36 00:02:04,260 --> 00:02:06,910 I'm speaking to a subject that I am personally familiar with, 37 00:02:06,910 --> 00:02:10,780 so I don't have to fake it as much. 38 00:02:10,780 --> 00:02:13,760 And the other part that I thought 39 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,040 was good with pitching something that I know 40 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,180 is, I'm somewhat a little bit more excited about it, 41 00:02:20,180 --> 00:02:23,050 even though I think naturally I don't project 42 00:02:23,050 --> 00:02:26,860 a very excited tone, I guess. 43 00:02:26,860 --> 00:02:28,580 So that's something I have to work on. 44 00:02:28,580 --> 00:02:34,520 And actually the piece of advice that George 45 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:40,380 gave about trying to step up your video, because the video 46 00:02:40,380 --> 00:02:42,410 naturally makes you a little bit more boring. 47 00:02:42,410 --> 00:02:44,160 That's something I really have to work on, 48 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,650 and the video I'm going to post, I'm not perfect at it yet. 49 00:02:48,650 --> 00:02:52,699 I still sound pretty monotone, but I 50 00:02:52,699 --> 00:02:53,990 think that will come with time. 51 00:02:53,990 --> 00:02:59,206 So I'm excited to see what tomorrow's class has in store. 52 00:02:59,206 --> 00:03:04,280 And, yeah, I think I'm going in the right direction. 53 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,410 So I'm excited about that. 54 00:03:06,410 --> 00:03:07,010 All right. 55 00:03:07,010 --> 00:03:08,560 Bye.