Reverend Sheriolyn Curry Lasley, Senior Pastor, Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church, Phoenix, AZ
What do you do when you are a great speaker and something happens that for the ordinary person would be embarrassing? Well, something potentially mortifying occurred when Positively Powerful Spiritual Leader Reverend Sheriolyn Curry Lasley was delivering a speech. Use these tips that she demonstrated at that time of the great slip incident.
- Calm down. Be confident.
- Take it in stride with humor and a smile. Being humorous is one of the characteristics of a great speaker.
- Be yourself. Don’t take it so seriously. Be authentic. Stuff happens.
- And sometimes we slip. When you can handle a slip with a laugh and a quick recovery, you’ll win an audience over even faster than by delivering a word perfect speech.
We Slip Sometimes from Positively Powerful-Triad West on Vimeo. Recorded at the 2013 Positively Powerful Woman Awards Conversation On Leadership Summit.
Took me so many years to accept my finitude and my wonderful imperfections. It was a time of celebration when I became comfortable in my own shoes and began to laugh at myself. Life became so much easier. Thanks for this great story that served as a reminder to be my authentic self. Always on the journey!
I know what you mean. Authenticity does make the journey much easier to be on. Thanks for your comment Leslie.