I have had a few speaking engagements before, but tonight I had my first paid one.
It was at the Easton Public Library which is about a half hour from my house.
I had been checking the registrations online and there weren’t too many people signed up to attend. Only seven people.
Talk about being out of your comfort zone…
I was dreading going all day.
What if no one showed up?
I was supposed to start at 7, and at 6:58 there was only one person there.
I did not want to give this talk to an audience of one.
But I waited a little bit, and over the next few minutes a total of about ten people showed up.
Not great. But better than one.
None of them had any idea who I was. They hadn’t ever heard of the blog.
And so I prepared to crash and burn.
But instead, I nailed it.
They laughed. I cried.
There were lots of good questions afterwards.
And then, after all the women had thanked me and said good night,
the woman in charge of programming at the library told me that she had gotten some great feed back.
And then she asked me to come back!
It’s happening.
I am really making this thing happen.
I am on my way. I can feel it.
Good for you! Keep it going.
Really wanted to go last night but had a deadline and soccer car pool in Redding. I didn’t know about it until the day of.
Would love to hear you speak and was hoping you might record last night and post online. Hope I can come the next time.
Wow. That sounds completely terrifying. Seriously. Good for you!
Hi Susie,
I follow you from afar – have gotten to “know” you through a friend who I attended the (amazing!) Feb weekend with. I could not be happier for you! I hope this is the first of many many PAID engagements. You are so deserving of success and happiness. Congrats!
Great job!
Thank you for coming to the library to talk. I really enjoyed the evening and your honesty. I could relate on so many levels.
You definitely have a future in public speaking. I said at least three times today “there is no easy button” then laughed while trying to be consistent.
I look foward to reading your blog
Anxiety be damned! 🙂 I’m so glad your talk went well! I can’t wait to see you do big things! 🙂
Adding this in here to offset any creepiness: long time reader, first (or second time) poster…haha!
Wow! I was facinated by your lecture… you did an amazing job. Entertaining and educational. I feel priveledged to have met you. Thank you so much for sharing your stories – so much of which I could relate to. I would certainly attend another lecture of yours…. do it again!
And – this is my introduction to blogging ;-/ You have educated me more than you know 🙂