Grrrrrrr. Just had my first "practice talk." The first one NEVER goes all that well, ESPECIALLY when I'm talking on things I've never talked about at a seminar before. It's all new material. Boss lady and the people in the lab gave me helpful suggestions. All stuff I've heard before: SLOW DOWN! Give more background, put less words on slides, more pictures, don't make your bullet points so wordy, explain this more thoroughly, etc etc.
I knew all this. I was expecting it.
Still sucks. I hate the first practice talk.
Now I have to incorporate all their suggestions into my talk. Which means ripping it apart, and piecing it back together again. God bless power point.
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