Glad I could help,
laurelmarycecilia. :
D I must confess, to my shame, I debated for a moment whether I should squander a few moments of my oh-so-valuable time bestowing the rich fruit of my peerless obsevational skills. Fortunately, my Christian charity won out over my hesitancy and, as you so correctly pointed out, the board is much richer for it.
:D :D :DSeriously, a huge part of any presentation is how we present ourselves, especially now. Video captures these kind of "fashion faux pas" forever. And that collar is practically sideways.
:PNow then, about the AC/ no fans.... here's something that actually IS useful, a speaker's "trick" I learned from my accounting professor one hot day during a summer-semester class.. He had a LOT of corporate clients and did financial presentations for them. The AC went out, the classroom started getting hot as only it can on a June day and the windows weren't helping...
So, he finished one point on the board, paused, and acknowledged the heat. "Two things successful companies should never skimp on, the quality of their accountant and the the guy who repairs the AC". Wasn't a good joke, got a few polite chuckles, but it gave him time, to very casually yank off his tie completely and unbutton the top TWO buttons of his dress shirt. Not one, two.
...and suddenly he went from being hot and uncomfortable looking to just "hot" as the slang goes. That dressy open collar look was straight from every high-end male cologne ad and fashion shoot in GQ. He looked fantastic, even with the sweat.
I've had occasion to use it myself a couple of times and I've silently thanked that guy on both occasions because it makes a speaker look SO cool. Not just visually, but in the sense that a setback doesn't bother him.
Hazarding a guess from your user-name, you're female so I can't say, "try it yourself" (for obvious reasons). ;
-) I mean, hey, if you want to,
fine, I'm sure the vid will get a ton of hits, even here on Gloria.
:D :DBut if that isn't your style, ask your hubby/ fiancee/ BF to do it. Get him to put on a suit 'n tie, talk about something for a minute or so, pretend to notice it's hotand then just "dress down" losing the tie and opening up the top two buttons. Reading it and seeing it done are very different.
:)