After a hectic few weeks, I've put some time aside to update my blog.
Actually, I'm avoiding some homework that needs to be done for tomorrow.
Actually, I'm using this online forum to vent about my frustrations in an attempt to draw a veil over what happened today.
So lesson for the day: ALWAYS double check your media files and your laptop before a presentation. Practise at least 10 times before your presentation. Practise right up until the last minute, if you have the opportunity. That's my advice after what happened in college today....
My Dragon's Den group made an heroic recovery today from a presentation. The video just never played. we clicked and tried again and clicked and restarted. But the video never started. Thank you team ( you know who you are) for staying professional. It was my fault - no way around it- and I will spend the rest of the evening dwelling over "what if....". What if I have just plugged in my laptop? What if we had an extra few days to practise - even an extra few hours?
I'm not going to get over this guilty feeling any time today, but ranting online is helping a small bit! However, throughout the entire presentation, the team remained calm and collected on the outside. I'm very grateful that I had a team of classmates with audio-visual expertise standing at the ready to help us. I'm very grateful that somewhere along the way, during the lat 5 years living in Ireland, I have picked up the gift of the gabb and so when the entire class was staring up at a blank screen, I was able to blabble on and fill a few awkward moments of silence. Maybe kissing the Blarney stone is not just a myth after all....
Lesson learned!
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