Today's speaker: Randi Eyde!

I tirsdags havde jeg æren af at få lov til at holde min første præsentation i Valdosta North Rotary Club. Som GRSP studerende skal du holde to præsentationer for hver af dine sponsorerende Rotary klubber - én i begyndelsen af opholdet, og en inden man tager hjem. 

Selvom mange nok vil tro at man helst bare skal have den slags overstået - public speaking og alt det der - så havde jeg faktisk set rigtig meget frem til at fortælle medlemmerne lidt mere om mig og om Danmark, så det måske vil motivere dem til at dele lidt om dem selv :-) 

Valdosta North er en travl klub, hvor man godt kan mærke at medlemmerne skal tilbage på job inden frokost-timen er gået, så jeg var mest af alt nervøs for at overholde tidsrammen på 20 minutter. Tro mig, 20 minutter er ikke meget når man gerne vil dele alle de dejlige ting om Danmark. Jeg var nervøs fordi jeg morgenen inden mødet havde forsøgt at gennemgå min præsentation på værelset - og det tog mig 40 minutter! 

Heldigvis har man en fantastisk evne til at tale lidt hurtigere når man står foran 4 fulde rundborde, og jeg sluttede med kl. 12.59 ;-)

Emnerne som jeg bragte op var blandt andre historie, politik, samfund, livsstil, hygge, jantelov, og naturligvis steder at besøge, samt ting at spise når man er i Danmark. 

Jeg har fået massere af positiv feedback på præsentationen, og jeg har også fået et par ideer som jeg vil tilføje til min næste præsentation på onsdag næste uge.

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Tuesday I had the honor of doing my first presentation at Valdosta North Rotary Club. As a GRSP student you are required to do two presentations for each of your sponsoring clubs - one in the beginning of your year, and one before you go back home.

Even though many of you might think that this is one of this things you just need to get over with - public speaking and all that kind of stuff - I had actually been looking forward to talking to the members about who I am, why I am here and where I come from, so hopefully they would feel motivated to share something about themselves :-)

Valdosta North is a bit of a busy club, since most of the members really have to get back to work before the end of their one hour lunch break, so I was mostly nervous about not going into overtime and staying within my 20 minute time frame. Trust me, 20 minutes is not a lot when you really want to share all the wonderful things about Denmark. I was nervous because the morning before the presentation I had been going though everything in my room - and it took me 40 minutes! 

Luckily you always have an ability to talk slightly faster when speaking in front of 4 full round tables, and I finished with one minute to go at 12.59 ;-)

Amongst the topics that I brought up were history, politics, society, lifestyle, Danish "hygge" (coziness), the law of jante, and of course all the wonderful places to see and things to eat while in Denmark. 

I got a lot of positive feedback on my presentation, and I also got a few ideas for things to include in my next presentation on Wednesday next week.