In the first session we broke (or possibly) smashed the ice by getting everyone to get up in front of the class and do a one-minute talk. As getting up in front of people to do a presentation is the thing that most people dread, it was good to deal with this head on in our first class. Everyone was up for the task - no one refused (although I never mentioned that was an option!).
So, anything that anyone does now will be easy compared to what you had to do in our first class. The worst part of having to do that was that you had very little time to prepare - if you can get up without preparation, think what you can do with a bit of planning!
Regardless of the content, I was delighted to see that as a class your non-verbal communication skills (body language) was very positive. In other words, you looked at your audience as you talked to us and, generally, you used your hands to help express your points.
So well done.
I also gave out some handouts which provided an overview of what we will be doing over the next couple of months.
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