Lynda.com videos on Public Speaking and Time Management

I learned where my weaknesses and strengths stood in Public Speaking. I need to learn to project and be confident in what I am saying. Often I stumble over words because I am attempting to formulate a clever way to say whatever it is I'm saying. I need to learn to keep it simple. I also need to change my body language, which is often fill with gesticulation. This distracts from what I'm saying, and comes across like I'm nervous- which I usually am. I need to identify my audience - which is this years visions class for the next several months - and figure out the best way to speak to them. My nervousness will be greatly helped by the team building exercises we have been doing. I also need to realize that no one in this class is waiting for the chance to critique me, they just want the information that I will be giving them.

With time management, I need to ensure that I'm keeping calendars and task lists because the key to time-management is planning. Google calendar will greatly help me in achieving this. Organization and learning the fundamentals of time management is key in being productive. Multi-tasking, while often necessary, can be avoided if you allot your time well. I often complain about having no free time, which is something that I could probably have if I were to plan out my week in the most effective way possible. I often embark on several projects with no future vision of how to accomplish them in mind, which leads to unnecessary setbacks. I also need to process email, rather than check it because I typically procrastinate on even getting things on my calendar. I feel as though Visions will greatly help me in both of these areas.