Comments on: Building Your Confidence in Blogging and Life http://churchm.ag/building-your-confidence-in-blogging-and-life/ Exploring the Intersection of Church and Technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:25:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/building-your-confidence-in-blogging-and-life/#comment-44645 human3rror Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:33:07 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=4945#comment-44645 ;) word up. ;) word up.

]]> By: Jay http://churchm.ag/building-your-confidence-in-blogging-and-life/#comment-44644 Jay Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:39:31 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=4945#comment-44644 It's funny, but public speaking is something that doesn't bother me. In fact, I kind of enjoy it to the point where I wish I could do it more often. It's talking to smaller groups of people (unfamiliar to me) where I sometimes get nervous. When I have spoken to larger crowds, I have the ability to kind of 'blur' everybody to the point where I can make it appear as though I am making eye contact, but not really doing so. I guess it's a gift. That being said, a small piece of advice I can offer to you is don't be afraid to go off script from time to time. I know you probably have things written down and have been preparing, but liberating yourself, even for a few seconds during that time often makes the whole process that much easier to get through. As for blogging in other areas, that's something I've done for quite some time. Politics, tech, pop culture, sports, faith, etc. I've covered a lot of ground. The biggest lesson that I have learned is to try and blog without coming off like an encyclopedia entry and rather as a person who has something to say. It's funny, but public speaking is something that doesn't bother me. In fact, I kind of enjoy it to the point where I wish I could do it more often. It's talking to smaller groups of people (unfamiliar to me) where I sometimes get nervous. When I have spoken to larger crowds, I have the ability to kind of 'blur' everybody to the point where I can make it appear as though I am making eye contact, but not really doing so. I guess it's a gift.

That being said, a small piece of advice I can offer to you is don't be afraid to go off script from time to time. I know you probably have things written down and have been preparing, but liberating yourself, even for a few seconds during that time often makes the whole process that much easier to get through.

As for blogging in other areas, that's something I've done for quite some time. Politics, tech, pop culture, sports, faith, etc. I've covered a lot of ground. The biggest lesson that I have learned is to try and blog without coming off like an encyclopedia entry and rather as a person who has something to say.

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/building-your-confidence-in-blogging-and-life/#comment-44643 human3rror Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:16:10 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=4945#comment-44643 yes, because i'll have visual confirmation that someone far more unappealing than myself is in the room. yes, because i'll have visual confirmation that someone far more unappealing than myself is in the room.

]]> By: dewde http://churchm.ag/building-your-confidence-in-blogging-and-life/#comment-44642 dewde Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:12:47 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=4945#comment-44642 So does knowing that I'm going to be in the audience with a video camera make you more or less nervous? So does knowing that I'm going to be in the audience with a video camera make you more or less nervous?

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/building-your-confidence-in-blogging-and-life/#comment-44641 human3rror Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:36:06 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=4945#comment-44641 Brandon,<br /><br />Thanks for this word today. really appreciate it. i've come to realize the truth in what you're saying here, but a very helpful reminder... because i apparently forgot it.<br /><br />just like that, right?<br /><br />john Brandon,

Thanks for this word today. really appreciate it. i've come to realize the truth in what you're saying here, but a very helpful reminder… because i apparently forgot it.

just like that, right?

john

]]> By: Brandon Cox http://churchm.ag/building-your-confidence-in-blogging-and-life/#comment-44640 Brandon Cox Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:15:55 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=4945#comment-44640 I used to get sweaty palms, "splotchy" cheeks, and would cry often when faced with public speaking... well not the crying part, but I was extremely nervous. Aside from time and experience, the one truth I learned that has helped curb my nervousness more than anything else was from a speaking coach named Jamie Lash who told his students to focus not on themselves, their faults, or even their speaking ability. Instead, focus on the fact that the audience really does need the message you have to give. You're going to improve their lives somehow by sharing. So it turns out, for me at least, that focusing on the needs of the audience and the ability of my message to connect with those needs has made all the difference for me in speaking, writing, and other areas of my life too. I used to get sweaty palms, "splotchy" cheeks, and would cry often when faced with public speaking… well not the crying part, but I was extremely nervous. Aside from time and experience, the one truth I learned that has helped curb my nervousness more than anything else was from a speaking coach named Jamie Lash who told his students to focus not on themselves, their faults, or even their speaking ability. Instead, focus on the fact that the audience really does need the message you have to give. You're going to improve their lives somehow by sharing.

So it turns out, for me at least, that focusing on the needs of the audience and the ability of my message to connect with those needs has made all the difference for me in speaking, writing, and other areas of my life too.

]]> By: Graham Brenna http://churchm.ag/building-your-confidence-in-blogging-and-life/#comment-44639 Graham Brenna Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:35:00 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=4945#comment-44639 Fo Sho! I'll blog it too... ;) Pretty nervous but also pumped to be doing it! Fo Sho! I'll blog it too… ;) Pretty nervous but also pumped to be doing it!

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/building-your-confidence-in-blogging-and-life/#comment-44638 human3rror Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:29:07 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=4945#comment-44638 sweet! record it! sweet! record it!

]]> By: Graham Brenna http://churchm.ag/building-your-confidence-in-blogging-and-life/#comment-44637 Graham Brenna Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:15:24 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=4945#comment-44637 I'm actually thinking about giving a "guest message" at our student led worship service sometime next month... not my thing at all... but I think the subject is one I'd be good at talking about. I'm actually thinking about giving a "guest message" at our student led worship service sometime next month… not my thing at all… but I think the subject is one I'd be good at talking about.

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/building-your-confidence-in-blogging-and-life/#comment-44636 human3rror Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:18:04 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=4945#comment-44636 the feeling of suffocation is insane. the feeling of suffocation is insane.

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