Recently I was teaching a class to several new agents on the amazing opportunities for free advertising on the internet. I was set up, complete with LCD projector and laptop connected wirelessly to the internet. My class was going quite well, with the agents taking plenty of notes.
It was time to present a favorite site for internet savvy real estate agents, to explain about the numerous possibilities available in free classifieds. I pulled up my internet browser, typed in the website, and as it loaded, I began to speak of the benefits offered.
There was giggling. And laughing.
Ask any seasoned instructor, and they will tell you that laughing is good while you're instructing, PROVIDED that it is a response to something humorous that the instructor intentionally did or said. I personally love to add humor throughout my presentations, to liven things up and to keep the audience interested.
This giggling was not good. The laughing was not good. I was suddenly nervous.
At this point, I couldn't remember adding anything humorous. That's when I looked at the computer screen and saw what was projected on the screen behind me.
Apparently, it was not the classified site that we all know and love. I had misspelled the website name, leaving out a particular letter (no I won't tell you which letter that was, but I bet half of you are pulling up a new browser window to try). The misspelling had pointed my browser to a much more questionable site. Let's just say that it bared more than my ideas.
Needless to say, in one of the rare moments of my life, I was speechless. I quickly blocked the screen, blushed profusely, and muttered some appologies.
The moral of this story: Save your websites ahead of time under favorites!
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