First let me tell you about the weight loss ... Down 7 pounds in 2 weeks and 2 days. Today I got to the gym in the morning and then didn't go this evening. I was tired so took a nap before ballroom dancing. I figured doing the cha cha for 2 hours was at least as equivalent as being in the gym for 30 minutes!
This afternoon I went to Treasure Island which is a small island half way between San Francisco and Oakland, in the San Francisco Bay. I had often passed it when I took the Bay Bridge, but never had gotten off the bridge to look at what was there. I was impressed with the simple buildings on Treasure Island and the fantastic views of The City. I had to make a presentation to about 25 teachers and counselors and administrators with the Job Corps. The equipment they said would be there wasn't, so I was glad to bring my computer and projector to keep everything smooth. I do a lot of presentations to different groups, high school students, school administrators, and students in my TESL classes. This one I have been working on for 2 weeks. I wanted to design it so it can be used in a variety of different settings and for different purposes. I figured out what I wanted to say, then found a way to make the presentation look interesting. I find that when I get in front of a class/group I become a different person completely. I really like that person. That person is confident, funny and very knowledgeable. That person remembers vocabulary I usually don't think of and he makes and makes the experience memorable to the class/group. It is like I got into a "zone" like runners often talk about, where I feel like I am watching myself rather than it being me doing the presentation. I was happy with the results of the meeting. I had everyone convinced how great the program was and had even the skeptics talking about how they NEEDED the program and they decided to expand the program. Right now they don't make it a requirement to for their students to participate in our program, and we were hoping they would require their 300 students participate. They decided not only to require each student participate, but have them participate once when they enter the Job Corps but also require them to participate when they leave. We were hoping to go from the participation level they are now, which is about 15 students a month, to triple to about 45 a month. Now they are talking about 200 a month to participate! Everyone is excited and they want this to happen if I am the one making the presentations to their students!! I am excited and so is everyone involved with the program! (can you hear my screaming!!!)
This afternoon I went to Treasure Island which is a small island half way between San Francisco and Oakland, in the San Francisco Bay. I had often passed it when I took the Bay Bridge, but never had gotten off the bridge to look at what was there. I was impressed with the simple buildings on Treasure Island and the fantastic views of The City. I had to make a presentation to about 25 teachers and counselors and administrators with the Job Corps. The equipment they said would be there wasn't, so I was glad to bring my computer and projector to keep everything smooth. I do a lot of presentations to different groups, high school students, school administrators, and students in my TESL classes. This one I have been working on for 2 weeks. I wanted to design it so it can be used in a variety of different settings and for different purposes. I figured out what I wanted to say, then found a way to make the presentation look interesting. I find that when I get in front of a class/group I become a different person completely. I really like that person. That person is confident, funny and very knowledgeable. That person remembers vocabulary I usually don't think of and he makes and makes the experience memorable to the class/group. It is like I got into a "zone" like runners often talk about, where I feel like I am watching myself rather than it being me doing the presentation. I was happy with the results of the meeting. I had everyone convinced how great the program was and had even the skeptics talking about how they NEEDED the program and they decided to expand the program. Right now they don't make it a requirement to for their students to participate in our program, and we were hoping they would require their 300 students participate. They decided not only to require each student participate, but have them participate once when they enter the Job Corps but also require them to participate when they leave. We were hoping to go from the participation level they are now, which is about 15 students a month, to triple to about 45 a month. Now they are talking about 200 a month to participate! Everyone is excited and they want this to happen if I am the one making the presentations to their students!! I am excited and so is everyone involved with the program! (can you hear my screaming!!!)
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