2 Years a Host

Rehearsing from the script.  

This month marks two years that I have been hosting the Education Counts Michiana show on WNIT (PBS). Aside from the automated LinkedIn comments and messages the anniversary passed without much fan-fair... ha. I did want to take a minute to reflect on that a little, continue my pledge to blog more.

I remember when asked if I wanted to be one of the hosts I thought... what? I have no experience, but then I figured as a public speaker and often times interviewed in the news... how hard can it be?

Well it proved to be harder than I thought, but also so rewarding. Generally challenges bring good rewards in learning and experience. I remember watching the first episode on TV... cringe worthy; what I thought felt smooth and natural, came off a little (or a lot) robotic and scripted. I vowed to improve, and watching myself last week I thought... man it's still not perfect, but so much better.

My kids love to make fun of me when we watch they show, they barely make it past the intro. It was fun that I got to tape an episode in front of my parents this summer. My mom was a teacher so I think she liked seeing me doing something education related.

What I have maybe enjoyed the most was learning about the industry. How to read from a teleprompter, thinking about what my hands are doing while I talk, to even thinking about my forehead and facial expressions. They all come through, especially in some of those odd screen shots, ha. Or trying to remember what I wore last time and to mix up my outfits.

So what do the next two years have in store? I hope to continue to improve, and that the show keeps growing and morphing into new adventures. I am glad I took the risk and took on this adventure and it reminds me to be open to challenging opportunities.

I am still at La Casa full time, probably not going to change careers just yet, but for sure looking forward to continuing to host this really cool show. Check us out: https://www.wnit.org/educationcounts/