Yesterday’s Presentation…

From what it felt like, I am not all that anxious to watch the video of yesterday presentation.  I am all too aware of the reality that everyone has an off day; perhaps that was the explanation for yesterday.  There is something strange though…

The feedback that I received was phenomenal.  There were some changes that were suggested that made a huge impact on the way that I am approaching this presentation.  I am scheduled to present this again in two weeks, and I am having ‘fun’ dealing with all the effects of completely changing my thought process. 

In essence, it was suggested that I consider presenting like I would to TED or TEDX.  It is encompassed in that simple suggestion that I have had a flurry of ideas.  I am an avid listener/watcher of TED presentations, and it would be awesome to be able to stand in a room full of people with that caliber of involvement and explain to them what it means to be a cranio dad, and why I have started Cranio Dad’s Foundation. 

So, for the next two weeks I will be going crazy with rearranging the visual side of the presentation as well as rethinking the verbal side.  I am certain that I will be taking a degrading look at the video in hopes that I can see what many of the people in the audience were able to see.

The hardest part to understand and work with is that there is so little known about craniosynostosis by those that have never been introduced to it.  How can I cut down something that talks about what it is like to be a cranio dad, with little explanation of what cranio is?  How can I explain cranio in such a way without getting insanely clinical? 

I guess that these are the struggles that many have faced before me.  As daunting as they may be, there is strength and will to be found.  I remind myself, when I feel overburdened, that my darling daughter has gone through so much, and there is more to come… yet she is one of the happiest children that I have been blessed to know.  I am so lucky to be her dad.

I AM A CRANIO DAD, I am scared out of my mind, and I am nervous and excited as to what I will be able to present in two weeks.