As a part of the minimum-work requirements for my term to be granted in Communication Skills, I was supposed to give a presentation on any technical topic. The biggest relief was that I had the freedom to chose my topic. Quite obviously, I went for cryptography. Initially I was a bit wary of the presentation, as I had not been close to the dais in the past three years. Though I was a good elocutionist in my middle school, I had not got the chance to speak in the past 3-4 years. So, my public speaking skills were a bit rusty.
But with my choice of the topic, it became an easy opportunity to reclaim my forté. The D-day approached, I was cool and the presentation went quite well. Altough I thought I was just decent, my classmates appreciated my public speaking skills. Then there was this daily meeting of our own Mutual Admiration Society.
Throughout the whole seminar, one thing became very clear. People who were presenting just for the sake of it, were fumbling and getting stuck. But those, who were really interested in the topic, were genuinely associated with the topic, were presenting it quite well. May be that’s the secret of public speaking. Your minf and your heart have to be in sync. May be that’s what happened with me. Crypto is my all-time fav. There was no way I could have screwed it all up…
My Presentation : Very, Very elementary stuff.
