lk About R Using public speaking to put yourself and your park agency on the map By Vitisia Paynich emember in elementary school when you made your very first oral presentation in front of your entire 4th grade class? No matter how many years later, the vivid details come streaming back: the nervous knots in the pit of your stomach, the beads of sweat forming above your brow, along with that feeling of dread at the thought of the teacher calling your name and summoning you to the front of the classroom. Although you likely came out W W W. PA R K S A N D R E C R E AT I O N . O R G | F E B R U A RY 2 0 1 9 | Parks & Recreation 45