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“The movie,
Snakes on a Plane
was popular, largely because it combined common
phobias or fears [fear of flying (aviophobia) + fear of snakes (ophidiophobia)]. Given
the pervasiveness of another fear, the producers may have missed a box office bet
when they didn’t name the movie:
Public Speaking to Snakes on a Plane
.”
—joyfulpublicspeaking.blogspot.com
R
EFLECTION
In this experience you will use a
Preparation Methodology worksheet
as a way to help you reflect on
the relationship of performance and evaluation to your ability to manage your affective reactions to stress
and focus on your continued self-growth.
P
URPOSE
Believe it or not, you can effectively change your mindset about evaluation, coming to see it as fun,
challenging, and rewarding. Most individuals perform less successfully when they are being evaluated (or
even feel that they’re being evaluated) because they’re busy worrying about what they
can’t
do instead of
demonstrating what they
can
do. Performance, when linked with evaluation, can be seen as an opportunity
to see just how much you have learned and grown from a set of recent experiences. And even the worst
outcome of evaluation is still just an opportunity for further growth!
O
BJECTIVES
1. Effectively prepare for all situations in which your performance is being evaluated.
2. Manage your anxiety during a performance which is being evaluated.
3. Learn to recast the evaluation of your performance as assessment feedback in order to help you improve
your future performances.
D
ISCOVERY
E
XERCISE
Identify three situations in which you are most comfortable performing in public (where people will
be evaluating your performance), and describe the reasons why you are comfortable with each of those
situations. Then identify three situations in which you are least comfortable performing in public, and
describe the reasons you are uncomfortable in those situations. Use the
Thinking about My Performances
worksheets
.
R
EADINGS
Communication as Performance
R
ESOURCES
Thinking about My Performances worksheets