On the Thursday of Week 11, we presented our proposal to rest of the class of ES2007s. Looking back, my group mates and I have really dedicated a great deal of time and effort into refining the proposal to the best of our abilities, and the same applied for the preparation of our presentation!
Week 11 was a week when all three of us were swamped with endless schoolwork but as we wanted to do justice to our proposal through our presentation, we made time for it nonetheless and started preparing as early as possible. As we did not have time for much face-to-face meeting to prepare the slides together, we divided the workload according to the parts which we would be presenting. The good thing was we saved time (we got a lot of things covered in the shortest amount of time possible) but that may have caused the slides to lack seamlessness, an area which, in hindsight, I thought we could really improve on. Although I believed that our slides sufficiently aided us in bringing our ideas across, it could have been better if it had a more professional finish. Charles pointed out that we did not maximize the functions which Prezi (a presentation software which we utilized to in lieu of Microsoft Powerpoint) offer, that sparked a thought in my head: should we have stuck with Powerpoint instead of trying to use something new and fancy when we knew that we did not have much time to experiment new softwares?
On a positive note, preparation was done more thoroughly for the oral delivery itself, we ensured that there a good flow from Qi’s presentation to mine and finally to Angelia’s. I was pleased that we knew one another’s parts really well as that would definitely lead to a smooth group presentation.
In terms of personal delivery, I had to admit that was one of those times when I actually felt nervous presenting in front of others. I could literally feel my heart pounding against my ribcage as my team mate, Qi, was delivering his part. I tried hard to not let my nerves get the better of me, but I honestly felt that I did not perform to the best of my ability that day. I knew the proposal like the back of my hand yet I was not as fluent as I envisioned myself to be. Upon reflection, I believe the nerves may have stemmed from the lack of practice – I knew what I wanted to say, but I did not remember things word for word. So yes, my complacence contributed to the nerves and I guess that affected my performance that day. L On a brighter note, I believe I was energetic and enthusiastic while presenting my part, partially because I believed very strongly in our proposal and was set to convince the rest of the class of the viability of our proposal as well! Keeping up the level of energy was important in capturing the attention of the audience, so that was the strength of my presentation that day.
Having said all that, I took back one important lesson from this five-minutes-but-worth-twenty-percent-of-the-final-grade presentation, I must first convince myself that I am prepared to persuade others of my ideas, before I set out to do so. J
I totally agree that Week 11 was hectic! You guys have certainly done an awesome job considering the heavy workload!
ReplyDeleteI thought that you were more nervous than usual, but you were fluent in your delivery of the lines. I always liked the style of your presentation, for you are always bubbly and energetic and it makes the audience want to listen to what you are saying :)
I agree that you have to believe in your own ideas first before setting out to convince others. I could tell that your entire team believed in the proposal, as towards the end of the presentation I was convinced that FoS seriously needs to implement an internship programme too!
Hi Sher Lynn
ReplyDeleteI think the strength of our presentation is that it is really convincing and we were delivering something we believe in!
I was very happy to see so many of our classmates asking us questions during the Q&A section.
I could see that you were very very nervous during the presentation. Be frank, I had never seen you being so nervous before. But I guess it was normal. I was also very nervous during my presentation. We were nervous because we cared about the presentation very much. Luckily we didn't go blank during the presentation.haha.
By the way, thanks for your cheerfulness and good effort during the whole process. We are lucky to have you in our team!
I think that although you were a bit nervous for the presentation you still performed wonderfully!Your short pauses in presentation make your presentation speed just nice. Frankly Fiona and you have always give consistent good presentations.
ReplyDeleteI am happy and thankful that you my group mate as your enthusiasm and bubbly personality is infectious and makes people just perk up even when they are feeling down:)