I'm going to be sick.
I haven't briefed in nearly a year, and I just found out that I'm going to need to do two current intel briefings tomorrow, one for my Group Commander and one for my Wing Commander.
I really can't translate this into civilian terms, but god it sucks.
I hate public speaking... My stomach is already all in knots about it.
On top of that I had to have a flu shot today and my arm is aching.
Icky.
*curls up in a little ball and whimpers*
I have been doing public speaking at least once a month for ten years or more, and it still gives me that knot.
Hang in there -- use the nervous energy to your advantage, if you can.
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Good luck! 
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Kilauea thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
one for my Group Commander and one for my Wing Commander.
Just explain to them how the Kilrathi simply will not stop until every other race in the universe is annihilated, and that it's rediculous to let the Red Cross send thier troops and citizens aid packages no matter how poor off they are!!
We're here to KILL them people not support them! sheesh.
*grins and hugs Kil*
That's a tough one. Public speaking, especially when you have to relay information to people is difficult.
Good luck, sweetie
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We were all impressed when Koska Kintaro wrote:
Just explain to them how the Kilrathi simply will not stop until every other race in the universe is annihilated...
Now -that- is funny. On that tangent, tell them Malcom McDowell should be doing the briefings, not you. And tell Mark Hamill he was terriffic in 'Star Wars'.
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Peach more or less nailed it... do whatever you can to imagine yourself as superior to those you're speaking to, the most popular method being to envision them in their skivvies. And remember the win-win-ness of it: the lousier of a job you do, the more they'll want to fire you.
I would just quit my job if they made me do that, but you can't quit the military :/
I'll be thinking of you tomorrow, hoping everything goes as smoothily and as quick as possible.
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wait...that's not how it goes...but that's they way Pam Anderson did it on SNL...something is screwy
You'll do fine, though.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
Best advice I can give is be prepared. Practice, practice, practice your briefing. Anticpate as many possible questions that your briefing might raise. And have those answer available. On 3x5 cards if nothing else. If you can't answer a question right away, don't try to B.S. through it. Sometimes people ask questions already knowing the answer. But don't say that you don't know. Say "Sir, I can get the answer for that to you right after the briefing." And follow through. Nobody can know it all, but at least cover the basics and know where to find the other answers.
