While on the whole my team did not performed terrifically well for the presentation, I felt that I have made considerable improvements since my last oral presentation.
Firstly, I spoke in a better manner when compared to my first presentation. The things that I said were more coherent, and my words certainly made more sense to the audiences. I believe that the audiences will be able to understand the points that I am trying to convey to them easily. Speaking to big groups of people is not my forte and therefore I am pleased with this aspect of my presentation.
Secondly, my reliance to look at the presentation slides has decreased sustainably. Instead of speaking directly from the slides, I made a more suitable use of the slides to support what I was trying to tell the audiences. A good speaker should not be one that is only good with his words but should instead be one that can incorporate appropriate visual aids to empower his own speech. That is truly an art in itself and being a good speaker is something that I would like to achieve.
However, I actually forgot to reiterate some of the points that I had wanted to place more emphasis on. This resulted in me having to trace back to previous points (and even slides) to actually elaborate more about them. This is obviously a bad practice, and it inevitably boils down to my lack of preparation. Perhaps I should have just left these points alone and not have bothered to retrace my points, as it breaks the logical flow of thoughts.
All in all, while I am satisfied with my overall execution for the presentation, I acknowledge the fact that the room for improvement is still plentiful. Hence I hope that for my next presentation I will be able to surpass what I have done for this presentation. Only by continuously improving then can I be a proficient speaker.
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Hey Yifan,
ReplyDeleteWe have indeed come a long way since the beginning of this semester, when we were all a bunch of nervous wrecks, who had absolutely no idea nor cared about what communication and team work was all about.
The Oral Presentation was great fun! Especially while running around conducting the interviews or collecting the surveys. Working as a team proved to be quite effective as it lessened the workload to a great extent and also led to the culmination of several new and improved ideas.
However, even though we had come up with exciting ideas, we failed to implement them efficiently and as a result, our group presentation did not turn out as expected. Nevertheless each of us did do our best in presenting. Another thing I thought I'd add was using cue cards was indeed a great idea, as it helped you confidently speak and not worry about whether you remembered what to say next. Shall keep that in mind:)
Its been great working with you.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Sasha