Let me start of with some sharings on my preparation en route to the persentation. My team, Team Kagz met up a day before the actual presentation to do some rehearsing. We did some improvements to our slides and rehearsed on our speeches. I also took note on the things that can be improved as pointed out by my team members. The meeting ended in about two hours and we were all ready for our oral presentation the next day. That night, I practised for quite some time to ensure that my ideas’ flow was coherent with the slides presented on the powerpoint.
Despite hours of practice, I started to feel nervous the moment I stepped into the class. I was worried that I might somehow fumbled on my speech. I calmed my nerves down by taking a sip of water and let the ideas ran through my mind once more. Knowing that practice makes perfect, I was ready to get myself going during the presentation. When it finally ended,I am proud to day that all the practices and rehearsals paid off.
Overall, I think that there are a few things I have to take note of when I present. I should not read the words displayed on the slides. Without doing that, I can maintain eye contact with the audiences and engage them in the presentation. Besides that, tone variation is one of the presentation skills that I did not apply in my presentation. Maybe I should try that to spice up my future presentation.
Here are some of the important things that I have learnt anout presentation and would like to share with everyone.
1. Slides should not content too many words. Use key words on the slides so that when the audiences see it, they can easily remember them. This can have deeper impact on the audiences compared to lengthy phrases. Remember one of the 7 C’s, be concise.
2. Pictures or diagrams are much more useful than words. It is true that pictures do say a thousand words. It is also one of the things that audience would like to see.
3. Statistic is important in presentation. However, these facts and figures do not mean anything unless you link it with something that the audience is familiar with. For instance, when you’re trying to sell an 8GB ipod, tell your audience how many songs can it stores.
That’s all from me. I hope all of you enjoyed Team Kagz presentation. Feel free to let me know how I can improve my presentation as this can help me develop into a more effective communicator.
Hi Greg! You have been a great teammate thus far and it has been a joy working wit you! Probably because we always take the same bus back after meetings I guess so that we were ablt to talk more!
ReplyDeleteNonetheless, I think our presentation has been good! You have always seem to me as a very loud and clear speaker. Similary to Ting Ting, I think you can make your speech "smoother" by toning down your volume and smile more so as to cut down on your aggresive tone. This will definitely make the audience more comfortable with you and thus, easier for them to buy your ideas!
Yes, that is all from me and all the best to the rest of your years in NUS. You have a long way to go, but remember, enjoy every bit of it, especially so when in your year 2's time as this is the final time you can still enjoy playing while studying hard as in your senior years, you will be more packed with school stuffs!
Take care and keep in touch!!!
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Dear Gre, it's really nice to work with you as a group. You are always punctual and done things very well.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for share what you have learned with us. I think we have done a very good job. However, if we have more time to prepare for the Q&A,the result my even better.:)
All the best for your exam and university life.
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Hey Greg!
ReplyDeleteI feel that you did a good job because I could see that you really believed in your group's proposal and ideas that you were trying to bring across.
For improvements, I presume you are not a native English speaker (do pardon me if I am wrong!) thus your pronunciation can have a little more clarity. I think you really hit the right spot in your post in that your presentation was lacking a bit of tone variation, but it was not completely absent. I agree with what Zu Rong said, about the lessening of aggressive tone. I think you should just be more natural and confident about your presentation especially after all that preparation! Being natural and engaging the audience is an important thing to take note of for presentations.
All the best for your examinations, and have fun in NUS! Good luck for everything in the future! =)
Hi, Greg. Nice to know you and be your group mates in this module. I really like your attitude towards your tasks. To be frank, it is more tough in the 1st and 2nd year. I understand your situation quite well.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your suggestions to me all through this project. In terms of the presentation, you have already done a very good job as a freshman. I believe you will make great progress in the future with your serious attitude towards studying.
Good luck with your exams for the second semester!
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ReplyDeleteHey Greg,
ReplyDeleteI feel that you have been a consistently good presenter and this time around you were even better.
While English may not be your most fluent language, I felt that you carried yourself well with good clarity and was easily understandable and you delivered your part in an engaging manner.
Previously, you used to frown while presenting and I felt you had a great improvement on this aspect. Well done!
Lastly, I would like to add on about smiling to the audience, in that it not only allows you to deliver a sense of warmth and confidence to them, but also makes you feel more composed.
All the best ahead and see you around in school!