Ever given a eulogy? Work related? Induction? Wedding? Awards? What was your best & worst public speaking event? Do you dread a future speech?

[DrPepper12]

Glossophobia - the fear of public speaking - is a common condition, affecting 30-70% of people globally. Those with glossophobia may experience various symptoms, both physical or more psychological. We're you the kid who hated presentations & class discussions?

Most of us WILL have to speak in public under very different scenarios and goals. How did you do? What needs improvement? Did you write it out word for word or just main ideas? We're there slides or aides? Did the audience participate? Questions after? Solo or as a panel? How did you prepare? How was it received?

I guess I'm so very fortunate as a teacher that I just don't even notice anymore nor care what the topic or audience is, it's just so routine now but THAT was not always the case. My practicum was initially terrifying!

I've always been terrified & don't make me

Im scared but on with the show!

Whatevs. No biggie

TOTALLY depends on topic / audience

Something else

[WhiteSteve]

Yeah, I gave my mother’s eulogy at her funeral. I was really happy with the content, but I fucked up and didn’t bring a tissue of any sort. Hadn’t really cried yet, and the finality kind of hit me in that moment, so I was, not quite a blubbering mess, lmao, but it didn’t go as smooth as I wanted. I think everyone was moved by it, but I just wanted it to be more stoic.

And my fucking dad, front row, starts audibly whisper-yelling “END IT!” to me, like he was trying to hit me with the Oscars “shut the fuck up already” music😂 I finished it, but that was pretty funny. He HATES funerals. He just complains about how long they are, lmfao. Like his best friend’s wife died sort of suddenly, that guy WAS a blubbering mess, he didn’t even speak. My dad was a good friend to him through it all, but we left afterwards, minutes after his friend passed us as the procession of the family walked out, still sobbing uncontrollably, and as soon as we get in the car, my dad is like “Jesus, I thought that would NEVER end.” Cold-blooded, lmao. I’m sitting there worrying about what my dad must be thinking at his age, what kind of existential dread this might cause him, “I’m an odds-on favorite to be the “Guest Of Honor” of one of these things next”, that kind of thing…. but nope, he’s just like “this is boring as fuck…. when’s lunch?”😂

Good for him, lmfao

Anyway…. public speaking comes easy to me, I’m kind of a ham by nature, so I don’t mind attention on me. I guess I’d probably prefer something prepared, but I can also wing it. I have a lot of leadership experience from being a manager in my professional life, and I’m very often a team captain when I play sports. I’m good at the rah-rah stuff, being the guy in the middle of a circle and getting everyone jacked up.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/NdqeJx1PHwEhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/sL3K-HinJ9Uhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/27vgRK_kBNA

Ray Lewis maybe the GOAT for this. That’s my college buddy wearing #32 with his back to the camera, can’t believe he got to experience this in reality. Two of my homies have Super Bowl rings, that’s so damn crazy to me. When your friends get to live YOUR dreams right in front of you, haha…at least I lived it vicariously through them😂

https://www.youtube.com/embed/K8RQkt3Ee0Y

I have a way with words, I think, and I’m pretty good at getting people excited and motivated, certainly for sports, and at work…. I know how to talk to a worker and give a “I understand the bullshit you go through; just because I’m your boss doesn’t mean I’m not on your side” kind of vibe. You can get some familiarity production-drop at times, but for the most part I find it gets the result of “my boss is actually cool and respects me, so I want to do a good job for him”

[Blunky]

Had to get over it in the military. I was part of a funeral detail where we go to burial ceremonies for veterans, sometimes traveling to different states, to fold the flag and present it to their families. The unbelievable pressure of needing to fold that flag perfectly in front of strangers and speaking to the spouse was rough. That shit ruined me for a while and I was drinking pretty heavily during that time period to deal with it.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Sadly, I've given a few eulogies already.

I often address my employees in large auditoriums, ballrooms & board rooms.

Yes, I always give speeches in weddings.

I have been a presenter in several awards events.

I've addressed and motivated large masses of people during political campaigns & rallies.

Long story shortened, I'm used to public speaking and addressing crowds without fret of any sort.

[DishLady]

All the above. Plus a few other types of events. Sometimes it’s nerve-wracking and sometimes it’s nice. I just focus on speaking from the heart rather than making grand proclamations and empty statements.

[dustybiker2]

The woman in the cable company, when I still had cable, asked if I was going to run for president. I put a lot of thought into it for about 20 or so seconds and then decided yes was my answer. The woman at the counter next to me then looked over and openly judged me. It was the closest I came.

[dustybiker2]

Others responses reminds me of one I'll never get to give as it just doesn't feel right yet, I've only just started to be able to type about it let alone talk about it. There is too much raging anger. My mum was essentially murdered and the funeral home lost her remains.
I would get through it if I tried.

[docster]

My church doesn't do eulogies, but in grade school and high school I was terrified of speaking in front of the class. I don't know if other high schools had it, but mine had a 1 semester REQUIRED class dedicated to public speaking. In tech school I had to do one presentation in class and it wasn't so bad. I don't know how I would do today.

[exitseven]

I was the best man at all 4 of my best friend's weddings. I did make a couple of speeches. At one of my old jobs one of my duties was to train engineers how to use new products. I used to have to make presentations to a bunch of technical people, sometimes they came from the whole northeast region. A couple of times the company rented a big room at the local hotel. It was a big deal.

[Friendlybro79]

Omg no but I had heard the worst and most ridiculous one. Paraphrasing but it was sort of like this

Ding dong the old man is dead. He's fucking dead and no one cares. Too harsh? The man was a (insert the c word that I'm too scared to type out)

Yes this happened.

[Anonymous]

For a funeral a few years ago.

Bought a book with my late uncle, called "A Lesson Before Dying" on his birthday a few months prior. I had already started reading it when he got into an accident, and decided to read it to him while he was in a coma. Finished it as a eulogy at his funeral.

[Dongie]

In Jr. And High school I would miss on the days we gave a book report. I was painfully shy. I still don't like the idea of speaking in front of a crowd. But I had to give testimony in 2004 in front of a packed court room. Two different times. It didn't give me stress or anything but I still don't get off on it.

[DJB72]

The last eulogy I gave was my wife's. It was hard emotionally but I wouldn't have let anyone else do it.

Public speaking has never been something I'm bothered about.

[Staximus]

I gave a long eulogy at my mom's funeral when I was 20

[Staximus]

Off the top of my head, I didn't even think about what I was going to say until a few minutes before it happened. I just got up there and winged it, and did a lot better than I expected.

[Likes2drive]

Never have and hopefully never have to