On 5th November, last Thursday, my group mates
and I had our final presentation on proposal of conserving water through
rainwater harvesting system in the new SIT campus. On Monday, we were quite
shock when we received the news of being the first two groups to do the
presentation. As this means that we only have less than 3days to finalize our
presentation speech and do our presentation slides apart from doing other
module’s school work.
To speed up our progress in this short duration, we decided
to split task and prepare our own script as well as presentation slides individually.
What helped in my preparation of PowerPoint slides was also because of one of
the effective communication class I had previously. It was where I was tasked
to summarize the key points for preparing an effective presentation slides. Following
back the website for guidance, it helped me to prepare my PowerPoint slides
quicker too.
On the day of presentation, my group met up early before the
class to practice our group presentation. As I was always not comfortable in speaking
in front of a big group of people, I was really nervous. To make things worse,
I also had trouble memorizing huge paragraphs of words usually and this made me
more anxious as script was not allowed during the final presentation.
When the class started and it was my turn to present, I felt
really nervous as the scene was different from when I was practicing because
there were a large group of audience. Furthermore, mispronouncing words,
disrupted my thoughts too. But I managed to finish my presentation.
Although I was really glad about the good feedback given to
my group on our presentation slides, I felt that in the future presentation, I
could improve more on my part in presenting. Such that I could be more fluent in my
presentation to prevent mispronouncing of words by practicing my script more,
learning to stay calm even after mistakes and be more enthusiastic in presenting
so that I could match my group’s enthusiasm level as a whole.
Thanks very much, Yi Fang, for your effort with this comprehensive reflection. You do a good job of reviewing your performance and considering how you might improve in the future.
ReplyDeleteOn a positive note, I found your topic focus and your slides very effective.
Of course, one of the biggest takeaways probably is that you need to be careful about memorizing chunks of your talk. Practicing is important, but memorizing has dangers. It might be better to simply have an outline of what you want to say.
In any case, I really appreciate the effort you have made!
Hello Yi Fang!
ReplyDeleteAlthough you were a little nervous during your presentation on that day, i think that you still did great! I was able to get the message you are trying to convey from your presentation. :)
Hi Yi Fang!
ReplyDeleteI think you did great considering the amount of time you only had to prepare. I too felt nervous when I stood in front presenting but let's try not to be nervous next time! :)