Last month, I was in Springfield, Massachusetts to speak at a conference. As part of my trip, the event organizers also arranged for me to be interviewed on WGBY 57, the public TV station for Western New England, about my keynote speech. Below is the full interview.
You’ve gotta watch it just to see my Michael Jackson moment of wearing black pants, black shoes and WHITE socks on the air. This is what happens when you forget your black pantyhose! As soon as we got on the set, I nervously asked Carrie Saldo, the host, if the camera would ever pan out enough to show my feet. She tried to make me feel better by saying, “at least you have on cute shoes!”
And on that note, I had to chuckle. The moral of the story? Don’t be like me.
Overall, I’m happy that I was able to get a full, nine-minute interview on public TV. It’s great exposure for me as a speaker and an expert in the nonprofit field. But next time, I’ll be probably wearing something brighter. And there will be NO white socks involved.
Have you ever appeared in the media to promote yourself or your business and been disappointed with how you looked or sounded? What did the experience teach you about yourself and what to do next time?
From the way you wrote about it I was definitely expecting high waters and a stark contrast, but that is definitely not the case. Besides your glowing skin deflected any fashion faux pas in my mind, unfortunately my sound isn’t working so I couldn’t hear how awesome you were. I can definitely empathize with you though, I was interviewed by WUSA 9 a local news station in DC last month for National Women and Girl’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and looking at the interview all I can notice is how bad I am hunching
…but of course we are always our own worst critic.
You looked amazing and you are amazing; white socks and all
Hi Rosetta,
I definitely see the opportunity and I empathize with you and I admire your humility. We are our own worst criticique and I am just as equally hard on myself when I do these types of interviews and public appearances as I am always looking for ways to improve, define and refine my personal style and presentation. What’s great that you have here is your knowledge and a strong confident understanding of your industry and the strength of your background. This is your substance or “the cake” as I like to call it to support everything that you do. What’s so great about your cake is that you can put frosting and icing on it in a way that makes sense and that feels good to you. Its like cooking…add the ingredients, keep tasting it until it’s taste perfect…to you.
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The only thing that stood out to me was your confidence and knowledge. If I appeared on TV, I’d probably have the deer-in-the-headlights look, LOL. Great interview!
Aww, thanks Evette! I’m always harder on myself than anyone else LOL
I am learning how to put myself out there to do what has been mostly online speaking engagements and I am always horrified at how I sound. So now I joined Toastmasters to practice. However the more I do speaking engagements., the more comfortable I become. Now I am preparing to do some in-pperson speaking engagements. This time last year, I was terrified at speaking engagements. So it comes down to practicing as much as possible.
You looked great!
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Rosetta…I was prepared to see highwater pants and and gym-like white socks. If you hadn’t pointed it out, I wouldn’t have ever noticed! I actually sat in anticipation to see though, LOL.
Whenever I’m asked to speak in public about something, I always tend to worry about how I look. Perhaps that is something that we as women are “trained” to focus on, regardless of what we do in our careers and personal lives.
When I have been self-conscious about something, I’ve come to find that, more often than not, I’m probably the only person that notices that something’s wrong. As far as now I sound, I often think “Did I really just say that?” I’ve learned that sometimes I have to laugh it off.
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