Well, the first thing I have to say about Tuesday’s innovation expo is that it was the most intense presentation I’ve given in my entire college career. That was also the weirdest lecture hall I’ve been in! I’ve never had to talk to so many people while competing at the same time. I’ve never sat through so many student presentations either!

Clearly, it was well beyond my scope for any presentation and boggled my mind beyond belief. BUT… I actually prepared a lot for it (believe it or not) I practiced my slides, memorized some side notes, even presented to my roommates! I was actually ready for this! Then I was taught a lifelong lesson that I had to learn the hard way as soon as I stood up in front of everyone.

To give some background, one of my partners had uploaded the wrong version of our presentation. The version that was up on the big screen had a completely different agenda, different animation schemes, content, etc. etc. As soon as I noticed this was the worng version of our presentation … I panicked! Everything I had so diligently prepared for went out the window, and I could not recover. Damn those technical difficulties!!

I can’t blame anyone else but myself for not being able to adjust to the “wrong” version of our presentation. I could’ve done the right version by memory! But it goes to show that the most minor of technical difficulties could break anybody down. If you asked around, you would learn that I’m very comfortable talking in front of people, in a classroom, etc. but it was because I’ve never had such a technical difficulty happen to me, let alone in a very weird-shaped room with A LOT of people in it.

So the moral of the story is…no matter the types of difficulties there’s no need to panic! They’re not lying when they say “the show must go on!” So now that I’ve had a technical difficulty occur to me (at the worst time ever!) I will know how to handle it much better next time …

BTW: I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE JUDGES’ DECISIONS…. AT ALL (my blog = I could say so)