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Conference Terror #2: Searching for your stage

PresentingBy Lauren Sergy July 22, 2013 1 Comment

There is a very obvious barrier to presenting at a conference, and it is the one that is usually thrown in my face when I first suggest getting on the conference circuit: I don’t know what conferences I could present at. This statement is usually butted up against it corollary: I’m not qualified/good enough/experienced enough…

Lost the groove

CreatingBy Lauren Sergy July 9, 2013

It is remarkably easy to get out of a solid groove. The groove you lost may have been one centred around a good habit you had, or one for a skill you built up and were maintaining. Either way, we can break out of these with surprising rapidity, losing the characteristic we worked so hard…

Conference Terror part 1: Permission

PresentingBy Lauren Sergy May 20, 2013

Note: I haven’t decided how many instalments of this topic I’m going to do, but I do know that there’s a part 2 and 3 on the way… Finding a venue to broadcast your message is easy; what’s scary is actually doing it. There are lots of ways you can practice speaking in front of groups or…

Motivational speaker

Funny StuffBy Lauren Sergy July 13, 2012

An “older” video (in internet terms, anyway), but a fun one. Keep an eye out for this girl on future motivational speaker circuits! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR3rK0kZFkg&w=420&h=315]