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XKCD dude in London
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Author:  Trooper [ Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:44 ]
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http://www.intelligencesquared.com/even ... nswerable/

I'm going. Anyone else fancy it?
Author:  Grim... [ Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:06 ]
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I would, but I'm not it London, typically.
Author:  Trooper [ Thu Nov 06, 2014 11:35 ]
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Mrs T can't make this tonight, so there is a ticket going spare if anyone fancies it.
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Nov 06, 2014 11:45 ]
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FUCK. I'm not in London :(
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:14 ]
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I could go, but as he's talking in my office this afternoon I'll pass ;)
Author:  Trooper [ Thu Nov 06, 2014 14:10 ]
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Heh, we generally get various politicos coming in to talk, i've yet to bother going along.
Author:  Trooper [ Thu Nov 06, 2014 22:29 ]
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It was alright, however the first half was him chatting through an article in his book, so if you have already read it there was nothing new, no matter how well he told it. The second half was supposed to be a conversation between him and the host, but they just opened it up to questions from the crowd, and none of them were that interesting, or required too much thought to be able to answer well in a short space of time.

It would have been much better if the conversation with the host was longer and the questions scripted beforehand.

Not unsurprisingly he is obviously out of his comfort zone public speaking, so it was a little difficult to engage at times.

I'm glad I went as it was interesting and funny, but it could have been much better with a few simple changes.
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:13 ]
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Interesting; this afternoon (and last night) he told us all about when he turned his apartment into a massive ball pit. Also he didn't seem bad at public speaking to me, but the poor chap is probably exhausted.
Author:  Trooper [ Fri Nov 07, 2014 2:13 ]
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It was the collecting of the elements in the periodic table story tonight.

He's not bad at public speaking, just uncomfortable doing it. I can recognise the mechanisms he uses when talking, to deal with the fear, as I used to do them all too :D
Public speaking got a lot easier for me when I stopped giving a shit ;)
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