I totally forgot another thing I saw today! The second presenter had a teaching style very close to mine. He has passion but it is subdued - he doesn't talk loudly - more on the softer side. When he tells a story his pace picks up - he tends to hold the lecturn like he is trying to drive it somewhere. He has the same type of humour and mixes questions with statements. It was really odd - I have not been happy with my style because it is not as bold as I would like it to be. I hope that when I get more experience there will be more oomph to my style. But it was very affirming to see a guy with my style - I looked around the crowd and I could see that people were listening and interested. Even the way he tells stories had a really similar feel - I've never had that happen before.
I might see if I can buy his session to compare - maybe I can learn something watching him on ways that I can improve. I want my classmates to watch a piece of this and see if they see the resemblance and how they feel watching him. I wonder if guys think his style is wussy.
Watching others not like me is helpful to pick up tips but doesn't help as much because they are so different. I also unconsciously "ape" people at times where I pick up their style of inflection and stuff which is weird and not something I like doing - I hate to pick up someone else's voice rather than be authentic to my own way.
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