Presenting at Uni

I left Alice Springs around lunch time today bound for Brisbane. This was one of my trips back in order to give presentations as part of my continuing uni course. As I was sitting in the airport waiting for my flight I listened to the people getting called for their flight that had already boarded. It seemed there were quite a few. The calls kept coming until the boarding gates were empty, yet still all of the passengers hadn’t arrived. The plane ride was uneventful as was the lunch that was offered onboard the aircraft. The plan was for Stewart to pick me up from the airport and then I’d head up the coast and start preparing the presentation which would take place the following day.

That’s why on a sunny afternoon I found myself inside a cavernous lecture theatre in front of 40 bored faces as I began to give my presentation on the Photovoice community engagement strategy in practice in Alice Springs. I talked about the project, my group, the photographs taken and finally how the practice went and what the conclusions were. After saying “the participants used photovoice” seven times on the one slide and “basically” 38 times throughout the presentation, I sat down amongst the audience and tried to melt into the seat as the next presentation started.