Interact-tion For Dummies

So I'm not the best public speaker. That's pretty much a given. God gave me many things, but the ability to stand with strong knees in front of a crowd was overlooked, I think. I'm not complaining of course.

Somehow though, today; during the general meeting for Interact, I found my voice.

...Well, most of it at any rate. A lot of it was kinda worn thin with all the shouting and stuff, but ye-ah; you get the point.

Maybe it was because I was surrounded by people whom I knew would help me out if I faltered. Maybe it was because I could see Shing Yin gesturing wildly whenever she felt my speech was going too fast, or mumbling. Maybe it was because I just upped my voice level a lot.

...Or maybe, it was because I was speaking for a purpose.

I had a clear goal in my head today, for the new members. Which is odd, if you really know me through and through. Most of the time I'm just randomly talking every which way and you have no bloody idea what the hell this Chinese boy is saying.

But I really wanted to get certain messages across to the members today. And I think I might have achieved it. I think.

...I hope.

I pray.

My goal was to let the members (especially those in the Brainstorming, Editorial, and Hospitality Departments) know that we do care about them. I mean, I look over my shoulder to the past and I realize how disgustingly photo-copied everything was. It was the same thing; year in year out. I wanted to make a change.

I wanted our members to feel like they were truly part of something; not just accessories to a club that needed money. And I want to inspire them. I want all of them; not just the ones under me, to come out of their shells. I want them to dream, imagine, and create, and not be shy about it.

I believe I can do it. It'll take heaps of work and determination. It'll take everything I know and have.

But I believe it will be worth it.

This entry was posted by LJ, on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. You can leave your response.