Presentation Reflection

“A sign of relief”

That’s the only phase that best describes how I feel when I finished my presentation. I feel that my presentation was not the best and there is still have room for improvement.

Overall, I think my presentation group met our objectives of conveying what we wanted toour audience. I think the flow of our presentation was relatively satisfactory considering the fact that we did not have the time to rehearse with each other beforehand. As a result of this situation, Gillian and I had a little discussion at the back about our slides when Hong Ting was presenting as we both did not want to mess up the presentation. However, I did acknowledge that it was wrong of on our part to do that before pointed out by Prof Brad.

Individually, I feel that I was nervous towards the end of my presentations as there was a last minute addition of a new slide which made me present in a different way from what my group wanted.

I think I made a mistake during the presentation by turning and told my team mates that I did not know what I was saying. I think at that point of time I just wanted to express my thoughts but forgot that I should not be making comments like that during a formal presentation. Another part which I did not well was that I stumbled on quite a few words during the presentation.

My strength might be I was not fidgeting around and was standing pretty stand throughout the whole presentation. I was also happy with myself that I was able to answer the questions posed out by the audience as it indicated that I know my work.

My Reflections

Reading my first blog post again, I suddenly feel that time passes really fast. It seems like only yesterday that I step into our ES2007S classroom. Well, back to the topic, I still uphold my belief that effective communication is like going to the restroom; essential and beneficial.

Being able to communicate effectively allows me to maintain good lasting relationships with people and brings my messages effectively across to others. However, I would like to add on one more point after attending this module and that is active listening. I realised that being able to listen actively to others is also important for messages to be brought across. If I am able to speak effectively to someone but the other party pays little attention to me, then the message will not be brought forward effectively.

In addition, I still believes that being able to present confidently and clearly in presentations allows my audience to understand my speech and what information that I wish to convey to them. This skill also widens my job selections when I step into the working industry as I believe that regardless of what company, an employer would want to hire a more vocal and confident employee rather than a reserved one.

Regardless of what I believe and learn from this module, I feel that there is no end to learning and skills must be constantly polished and upgraded. This thinking also applies to communication skills.

Just to mention, I really enjoy learning from Brad and everyone in this module. I hope you guys feel the same way too. Do keep in touch!