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I have joined cognizant yesterday. I came to know that office location is bantala in Kolkata. I do not want to work in bantala location. I have talked with my recruiter. But hs said offer location is decided on project allocation. How can I change the location to other location? If I leave the job will it be any problem?
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Don't start drugs just for client meetings. Everyone worries they sound like an idiot. From the intern to the CCO. You just need to be the most confident idiot in the room.
I’ve been presenting for more than a dozen years, and I am pretty damn good at it, and I still totally get super nervous plenty of the time and still occasionally blow it.
Also, Getting the answer you want is a success. I have absolutely murdered it in the room and not sold the work in or gotten the client more often than I have done well and gotten the result I was hoping for.
Yes! A few. And so does everyone. Trust me. My most memorable was a pitch presentation - I’d had no sleep, the order of the presentation got changed a few mins out from the meeting, nerves kicked in and I just couldn’t remember my way through it. Was cueing up all the wrong talking points, and got flustered as a result ... hideous. I think I probably felt worse about than it really appeared, but it was bad. I genuinely apologised to me team about it (didn’t make any excuses, just said sorry and that I screwed up). Then laughed about it. And then went and had a really big drink. It’s grim. But it does happen to everyone at some stage - no matter how experienced you are. And don’t forget - they’re not glued to their seats listening to you. So they might notice it’s not quite as seamless as normal, but unlikely to be a massive deal. Hurts your ego the most. And on the positive side - it’s nearly lunchtime! Go and get that drink
Once had to hand my deck to the client’s IT guy to upload, without realizing that that would be a thing I would have to do upon arriving at their offices, only to find that they didn’t have Keynote, or a Mac. I’d saved a PowerPoint version just in case (bc I’m insane), but the thumb drive wasn’t formatted to work on a PC. They wouldn’t let me hook my laptop into their projector
We got the presentation working, but they didn’t have the correct fonts, so nothing looked right.
When we were finally up and running I made a joke about technical difficulties being my worst nightmare. No one laughed.
Two thoughts: you never appear as nervous as you feel, and if you can make a joke about your nervousness it can completely alleviate the tension. (Our kid’s teacher at back to school night was so nervous and she said, “I usually start out nervous then get comfortable” and it made the whole room smile.)
Been there. See a psychiatrist and get a script for proanylol. It blocks the physical symptoms of nervousness. Just take it before meetings. It’s popular with actors. Also, remember most people are rooting for you. Agree about having a joke ready.
Thank you fishbowl friends! I never knew there was a drug that could fix this which I will have to try. Also I'm doing my first improv class on Wednesday to help me get the fuck out of my own head. You all have made me feel a lot better and I really truly thank you for making my awful Monday better!
Once I was presenting in an auditorium of about 75-80 people and a guy took a conference call in the corner of the room. Literally took a call in the corner of the room facing the wall. The sound reverberated through the entire space and totally threw me off my game. I was mic’d up and had to say out loud, “I’m sorry guys that is so distracting,” before someone went and told him to take it outside. It sucked but I finally got my groove back and now I have a ridiculous story to tell at happy hours. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Also who does that?!
I present constantly and don't really enjoy it. SO, I never build a presentation without an outline and that outline becomes the only flow I remember. If I have that I'm good because I know I can riff on the content I prepared while keeping it moving. That approach also gives you the chance to engage "it looks like you have a comment". Another tip is to use your headline as a guy check on flow. You should be able to read each headline and piece together the story without even reading anything else. That's really about flow more than nervousness but still helps. Have fun!
Haha it ended up being fine? She liked what we presented and were moving forward with the proposal. I sent the deck prior which ended up saving me bc she liked the content
Protip: Download font embedded software and save a “flattened” version of PPT/Keynotes for when that happens
A guy I worked with barfed all over the table. Wrote it off as stomach flu but it was mostly Fireball-related.
Improv classes are fantastic for nerves. 100% can confirm they help immensely.
I suck at presenting. I get so nervous my voice comes out shaky, I lose my thought track and start to ramble. Hot mess over here no matter how much I practice.
I do, but I want the post-mortem. How did it go?!
Been there. See a psychiatrist and get a script for proanylol. It blocks the physical symptoms of nervousness. Just take it before meetings. It’s popular with actors. Also, remember most people are rooting for you. Agree about having a joke ready.
Have a look at The Five Deadly Sins of Presenting Creative Work by Kelly Feuerman.
It mostly reinforced many things I already do or have in mind, but even after a decade of being in the regular "presenter role" and feeling okay about my skill with a room, there were some nice takeaways.
When I was a mid weight creative and just started doing presentations, my CD told me that he only really took presenters seriously if they were totally off book and didn’t have any presenter notes in hand or on screen. Ever since then I’ve never used notes and whether it’s more convincing or not I don’t know but it always feels like walking a tightrope without a safety net but I’ve been doing it too long now and now it’s kind of a thing and thats my life. Does anyone else go in with just the deck commutes to memory or do you have notes, cue cards, etc? I’d love to know the breakdown and whether or not I’m alone in this presentation perversion I have
@OP please keep us posted on the improv classes and whether they help. I’ve always thought about doing them, never got round to it. Would love your take on how it works out.
@GAD1 I’ll let you know after the first class tonight! I don’t expect to be cured but I think I 100% need a jolt of positive change to get me out of my current thought pattern