I've Got Class

I had to teach a class today. Incredible, I know. After all, what do I know? About anything?!?! The kicker is that not only did I have to teach it, but I had to create the curriculum. I called it "The Power of PR" and it was designed to teach some of our agents in Utah about public relations and how they can take advantage of our PR team (me) to draw attention to their business and office. It's all done on a WebEx, which is basically a conference call where people sit in front of their computers and watch as I show them stuff. It's all very exciting.

So, everything went fine. There was one tiny snafu where I clicked on the wrong thing and got lost and then no one could see what I was trying to show them. But, I fixed it, blamed it on the "renegade laptop," and moved along.

My favorite part was at the end when I opened it up to the group for questions and heard one lady say to someone who must have been sitting next to her, "is that it?" WHAT DOES SHE MEAN "IS THAT IT?" WHAT ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? I'VE BEEN TALKING FOR 25 MINUTES HERE! I CAN'T STAND ON MY HEAD AND SHOOT FIREWORKS FROM MY TOES FOR A GRAND FINALE LADY!

Overall, the whole thing made me feel very uncomfortable. There's something about these conference calls that I don't like. I don't seem to have too much difficulty talking to groups of people in person, but I can't do it on the phone. I get super nervous. Maybe because I know that on the phone, they are paying close attention to what I'm saying. In person, they are probably focusing more on how poofy my hair looks, or how I have lint on my pants or something, and they don't listen closely enough to notice that I'm not making much sense. At least, that's what I tell myself to make public speaking a little easier. Any little thing helps!