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Oh yeah and if you do get a tough question or one that you don't understand it is totally acceptable to tell the questioner that you dont understand what he is asking.. its OK to say if you don't know the answer to a particular question, I have seen experts in the field turn round and say they can't answer things. One phrase that I find useful when someone asks me a question i can't answer regarding my work is something along the lines of 'I have though about that and I am going to be looking at that in my next set of experiments'
I get nerves all the time. I have been presenting for years through my old job where I had to present daily and now I have to present all the time for various industrial/in house things. But everytime I get a nerve attack, presenting time and time again hasn't made it easier for me! The worst for me was when I had to give a talk in our lecture theatre and I felt awful, yet people said that they didn't notice I was a bag of nerves. So I think you often feel a hell of a lot more nervous than you actually appear and I think that is something to take comfort in. My main tip is to avoid direct eye contact with anyone and try not to look into the audience too much as they can provide a big distraction. I try to focus on points at the back of the room so it looks like you are looking at people but you aren't. If you find yourself loosing your way a bit there is nothing wrong with pausing for a couple of seconds to take a breath, have a drink of water and refocus.
Was there an election? Gosh I hadn't heard about it! You'd think there would have been sort of media coverage on the run up to it.. Did Diana win? ;-)
Hehe on a serious note I think the right man got the job and I think he will be very good for the US and through that the rest of the world too. Lets hope by some sort of miracle we can get someone so popular elected as PM here!!
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