Presented the current draft Don and my demo to our VP today. Didn't go too well... since we had just gotten the parts put together the night before, we didn't have the polish that we should have. In addition I talked instead of Don.

I have a confession to make - I am mediocre at presenting. I want to be great at it. I aspire to be great. I am falling short of that right now. In my dry run yesterday I did "OK". I managed to get my points across, no one fell asleep, and I believe people understood what I said.

I don't want to give any false modesty - I think I'm good at presenting, better than a lot of people. There are some really bad presenters out there. I would give myself a B rating. The issue is, that just like coding, the best speakers are 100X or 1000X better than the "OK" presenters.

Obviously I can't go from a B to an A in the two weeks between now and PDC. However, as with anything, the key is to recognize your need to improve, formulate a plan, and execute. I am going to nail my demo and my talk.

My plan - practice.