INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION:
I personally feel that I have improved on my verbal skills compared to the last presentation. I think my voice was clear and audible to the audience and was pitched at the right level for the audience. But I feel I could have laid more emphasis on the key points by pausing at appropriate places. I also think that my pronunciation was good and could be understood by everybody
Regarding the non verbal skills, the font was clear and the visuals were used appropriately and well timed with the presentation. The content was clear and concise and was well organized. I think I was confident, relaxed and established good eye contact with the audience, there by trying to capture the entire attention of the audience. I was familiar with the content and I think that helped me establish good eye contact with the audience rather than concentrating on what I had to say next. I feel I could have made better use of hand gestures to lay emphasis and explain certain key points.
The content was well organized and there was good use of connecting devices. I think I have improved on my speed compared to my previous presentation. Though I answered a few questions in the Q &A session, I personally feel I could have answered more questions.
TEAM REFLECTION:
I feel that as a whole my team did a good job and we also achieved our goal of creating an impact on the present day youth’s mind regarding the imbalance between food wastage and hunger and making them aware that they can play a major role in solving this problem. Our appearance was well coordinated. There was an good rapport between the team members and transition from one speaker to other was also smooth. I feel we need to improve on our certain areas like coordination and should have rehearsed more times as there was time lag during switching of slides. On the whole I enjoyed working together as a team throughout this project and also made use of the communication and teamwork principles we had learnt.
Hi Abbinayaa,
ReplyDeleteAs a teammate during Oral Presentation 1, I honestly feel that you have improved vastly in your presentation skills. Other than those that were stated in your post, I feel that you managed to engage your audience by giving appropriate and sufficient eye contacts to each individual. This is very important as your project concentrated hugely on influencing the youth and raising awareness about the imbalance in food wastage and world hunger. In order to do so, not only you need to engage the audience, you will also need to raise your voice and emphasize strongly on certain key points as mentioned in the post.
Regarding the use of hand gestures, I recommend that you might want to try to use a laser pointer as seen during Cher Lia’s group. I feel that a laser pointer will be very useful in directing the focus of the audience to the desired point on the slide. It will not hinder the vision of the audience and it also shows your professionalism. As a result, your audience will be able to follow closer to your presentation thus contributing to better understanding.
I hope that you continue to work hard and improve on your weaknesses. I hope my comments were useful and I look forward to your next presentation.
All the best!
Regards,
Hao Tan
Hi Abbinayaa,
ReplyDeleteI think that you did a good job during your presentation. You did well in engaging your audience with your eye contact, telling the audience that you are acknowledging their presence and hence they will be more attentive to your presentation. Being confident and relaxed are also important in ensuring that you do not get nervous during the presentation. It will exude the aura that tells the audience that you know your stuff well and is prepared to address their doubts if any.
Emphasizing on points that you want the audience to know is important. It will certainly be good if you had used appropriate hand gestures to emphasize the points. A hand gesture that is wide will be able to attract the attention of the audience and hence bring their focus to the point that you are trying to bring out.
Personally, I like the video that was shown at the end of the presentation. It basically summarises everything that your team has presented to us.
I hope my comments have been useful to you. Hope you will be able to improve in your future presentations.
Regards,
Ryan
Hi Abbinayaa,
ReplyDeleteThis is a complete and concise reflection.I can see there is a very clear structure.You gave a brief introduction to the oral presentation at first,followed by both individual and team reflections.The language used was appropriate and formal.I am sure you were careful in choosing the words for writing the reflection.
The content of the reflection was of high quality as well.You managed to use photos for both individual and team parts.The audience will know who you as well as your teammates are by looking at the photos.Other than that,you gave a balanced comment on your performance in the oral presentation.Being one of your teammates,I would like to say that you really did a excellent job in telling the audience about the current situation of world hunger.However,just like you said,your hand gestures could be improved in order to make yourself more natural and clearer in presenting your ideas.You attire could be improved as well.
The team reflection was also a balanced one.However,you might consider to write in detail about the areas that we need to improve as a team.You might also want to analyze the team performance using the skills that we had been taught in tutorials.
Although there was still some flaws,I feel that this is a well-organized post which worth reading it.
Regards,
Likai
Hi Abbinayaa,
ReplyDeleteAs a team member of same group I felt you did a very impressive job! As compared to your previous presentation you seemed very confident and prepared this time. You seemed very composed during the whole presentation which made your part very fluent and flawless. However, as you mentioned in your reflection, in some parts your tone went a little monotonous as you didn't emphasis on the key words. Hence I feel you can work on this part in your future presentation.
Your reflection was very critical and analytical. The content overall was very relevant and frank. It is commendable that you tried to reflect your negative points as this will help you improve in the future tasks.
Overall I think you gave a very good presentation and personally I had a great time working with you and I would definitely like to get more opportunity to work with ya.
Regards
Ayushi
Hi Abbinayaa,
ReplyDeleteI feel that your presentation skills have improved tremendously compared to your oral presentation 1 (OP1). You were much more confident in delivering your speech and your posture was much more natural this time round. In addition, you managed to memorize your script thoroughly and hence managed to avoid a common mistake made by most of us, which was the over reliance on our index cards. Even though you were familiar with the index cards, you did not just plainly regurgitate what you memorized, instead you added emphasis and gestures to further illustrate your points which I felt was impressive.
However, even though you had gestures, they were kept within the boundaries of your shoulders, in other words, your gestures were quite small and there were times where I still could not establish a link between your slides and your description. One such example would be the "world hunger map" in one of your slides, where you just looked at the screen and gestured mildly with actions that were confined within the width of your shoulders which I could not relate. Hence I suggest you can be more open with your actions or you can follow Haotan's suggestion of having a laser pointer in the future.
All in all I felt that it was a job well done. You were confident and it could be seen both verbally and non-verbally especially during the Q&A, where you maintained your composure even when difficult questions were asked. Your team left a deep impression in everyone with the dramatic ending and the insightful video. I hope my suggestions and feedback were useful and I look forward to our next presentation together.
Regards,
Jay