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]]> By: Mark Shepard http://motivatedpresenter.com/stay-flexibl/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Mark Shepard Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:09:06 +0000 http://motivatedpresenter.com/?p=518#comment-10 Kathy, As presenters we sometimes have to learn the hard way. The result of the lesson gets put into the contract. Paragraph 5: Clause 3: Ms. McAfee will not be speaking if food and drinks are being served. James Malinchak added a clause to his college speaking contract that specifically outlined that he would not be speaking in the dining hall during any meal time. How did he learn that? probably through an experience like yours. I tried telling a Christmas story once for kids at a Yacht Club gathering. These cute little kids gathered around me and as soon as I started, all their parents with drinks in hand began yacking...loudly. I couldn't even hear myself. It was horrible. I finally took the kids with me into another room and we managed to finish the story. Then I asked for my check and left. In your case perhaps the lesson from martial arts is definitely go with the flow. How can you build on what they are already doing? If they are talking...Tell them to talk about something fun, funny, embarrassing. Something they just learned. Share something about themselves that no one else in the room might know... And if it doesn't work. REMEMBER to do what you did this time. Learn from it. I am proud of you Ms. McAfee for not only surviving the ordeal but for having the guts to create such an honest and provocative blog post. I'm gonna stumble it and twitter it and facebook it now! Why does it work out better than you can possibly imagine! Your friend, Mark http://DrumSongStory.com Kathy,
As presenters we sometimes have to learn the hard way. The result of the lesson gets put into the contract.

Paragraph 5: Clause 3: Ms. McAfee will not be speaking if food and drinks are being served.

James Malinchak added a clause to his college speaking contract that specifically outlined that he would not be speaking in the dining hall during any meal time. How did he learn that? probably through an experience like yours.

I tried telling a Christmas story once for kids at a Yacht Club gathering. These cute little kids gathered around me and as soon as I started, all their parents with drinks in hand began yacking…loudly. I couldn’t even hear myself. It was horrible. I finally took the kids with me into another room and we managed to finish the story. Then I asked for my check and left.

In your case perhaps the lesson from martial arts is definitely go with the flow. How can you build on what they are already doing? If they are talking…Tell them to talk about something fun, funny, embarrassing. Something they just learned. Share something about themselves that no one else in the room might know…

And if it doesn’t work. REMEMBER to do what you did this time. Learn from it.

I am proud of you Ms. McAfee for not only surviving the ordeal but for having the guts to create such an honest and provocative blog post.

I’m gonna stumble it and twitter it and facebook it now!

Why does it work out better than you can possibly imagine!

Your friend,

Mark
http://DrumSongStory.com

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I felt bad as well. Not for you, but for the hundreds of women who were not benefiting from what you had to say. Being an attendee in your morning session, I quickly shared my experiences with some friends who attended another session. In hindsight, they should have put you in a different slot of the program. Or put the food at the back of the room, so individuals in the back were not straining to see you. Anytime you mix women, food, wine and the power of gab….there is no coming out of that. I appluad you for your perserverence and committment to moving on with your presentation. Their loss if they did not listen.

]]> By: Cynthia Lang http://motivatedpresenter.com/stay-flexibl/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Cynthia Lang Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:36:53 +0000 http://motivatedpresenter.com/?p=518#comment-8 Kathy--I have always been impressed with your extraordinary ability to reach individuals in large audiences. For the attendees, the reception was more a time to "relax into their comfort zone" than to absorb any more information. I also found it difficult to capture many worthwhile photographs. Kathy–I have always been impressed with your extraordinary ability to reach individuals in large audiences. For the attendees, the reception was more a time to “relax into their comfort zone” than to absorb any more information. I also found it difficult to capture many worthwhile photographs.

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