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#111 - Teach the Geek to Speak: Public Speaking for Technical Professionals - Neil Thompson

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Do You Like Your Eye Contact?

Video is better than just the audio, if you can only get the audio. You're able to see yourself and see did you do anything during your presentation that you wanted to improve on or that you actually like? I remember when I was in Toastmasters, I was a judge of a speech contest. And the person who actually gave the speech, they padded the right hand on their leg during their presentation. This is something that if this person was videoing themselves, they would have seen themselves. It's one thing for somebody to say you padded your leg. Perhaps you don't believe them. But if you actually see yourself doing it yourself, well, now you can't really say that

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