Today I gave my presentation on blogging. Had the teacher looked at our written out speeches, I'm sure I would have one of the best, but that wasn't what we were graded on. Public speaking has never really been my forte, but I think I've gotten to the point where I can do a pretty good job- except for today. I got up there and forgot everything. I completely skipped over the part where I was supposed to state my goal for the presentation. I changed slides at the wrong times. I kept having to glance at my notes, but the nerves had my hands going in and out of my pockets (not good for a speech), and the notes with them, drawing more attention. I said "um" or "uh" several times. With all that, I still got a decent grade, but I had really hoped to be able to impress people instead of getting comments from my peers like, "You really picked it up at the end."

Next time I'll just have to practice more.

Edit: One comment I got from the teacher was that I ahve a good speaking voice and cadence when I was speaking the parts I wasn't umming and ahhing through. That means I should be doing voice-overs, right?