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Enjoying some scotch after a long day filled with meetings. Anybody care for some fried brains?



How did it go?
Quite well actually. I had the agency attorney and two engineers on my team. What they neglected to tell me was they had planned the session around me and were prepared to deal with everything. They do that shit a lot here. I always have no idea what's happening until it's happening.:D

The project involves my agency and 5 others (our law enforcement arm, secretary of labor, secretary of the economy and sec of water). So there were a lot of moving parts and it could have easily been a cluster fuck.

Three more presentations and we'll have the whole state covered.
 

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Bjerknes

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Quite well actually. I had the agency attorney and two engineers on my team. What they neglected to tell me was they had planned the session around me and were prepared to deal with everything. They do that $#@! a lot here. I always have no idea what's happening until it's happening.:D

The project involves my agency and 5 others (our law enforcement arm, secretary of labor, secretary of the economy and sec of water). So there were a lot of moving parts and it could have easily been a cluster $#@!.

Three more presentations and we'll have the whole state covered.
Nice. You like presenting? I can't stand it when the topic is something abstract. Had to do a presentation on professional communication in the workplace; ya either have that skill or you don't.
 

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Nice. You like presenting? I can't stand it when the topic is something abstract. Had to do a presentation on professional communication in the workplace; ya either have that skill or you don't.
I don't mind it when I have a plan and know what I'm doing. I presented at a national GIS conference the other week and while my presentation was kind of a cluster fuck (my workshop was on using internet resources with mapping and creating metadata, and the internet didn't work) I did pretty well because I was prepared ahead of time and could go back and forth while support staff fixed the internet issues.
 

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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I don't mind it when I have a plan and know what I'm doing. I presented at a national GIS conference the other week and while my presentation was kind of a cluster $#@! (my workshop was on using internet resources with mapping and creating metadata, and the internet didn't work) I did pretty well because I was prepared ahead of time and could go back and forth while support staff fixed the internet issues.
I'm the same way, I like presenting when it's a topic I know and I can teach. I tend to let my nerves get to me though.
 

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I'm the same way, I like presenting when it's a topic I know and I can teach. I tend to let my nerves get to me though.
I'm usually pretty nervous for the first couple of minutes. Lately I've been practicing in front of people. I practice at my friend's coffee shop, in front of my spanish class, in front of my lady, etc. I generally screw up pretty big at those times and have all the kinks out for the real thing.
 

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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I'm usually pretty nervous for the first couple of minutes. Lately I've been practicing in front of people. I practice at my friend's coffee shop, in front of my spanish class, in front of my lady, etc. I generally screw up pretty big at those times and have all the kinks out for the real thing.
Practice is definitely good. I also tend to overthink things, so it helps me to roll through it.
 

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