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In my previous feeble attempt of an oral presentation, I would look too goofy at times. At other instances, I would look sinister.It’s like I’m an evil merchant trying to sell off his bag of useless wares.
I have also received feedback from our dear tutor Mr. James that I tend to use colloquial language at the end of the presentation.
This time round, I tried to fix most of the flaws I had in my previous presentation. Though I may still look goofy in a formal shirt and tie, but my face remained serious.
While watching through the video, I confirmed the fact that I improved tremendously on my individual part. But however, there is much to be desired from the presentation as a whole.
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C02 group 4: A team of researchers
There is only one word to describe the fundamental flaw in our entire presentation: “unprepared”.
In a presentation, it is important for the presenter to be prepared.
Not just for presentations, if we want to go on an expedition, we have to prepare.
If we want to rob a bank, we have to prepare.
If we want to commit arson, we have to prepare.
What I failed to prepare before the presentation, was to go through the slides with my team mates. It resulted in a lengthy presentation, frequent reference to the screen, and inconsistency between the presenter and the clicker.
Initially we had decided to meet up earlier for the rehearsal, but the plan was ruined when I spent too much time writing my speech.
Initially we had decided to meet up earlier for the rehearsal, but the plan was ruined when I spent too much time writing my speech.
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I had earlier planned to print out my speech, but the ‘Goddess of Printer’ did not smile upon me, and chose to shut down the printer server that day.
I know it’s not an excuse, as I had failed to prepare for such unexpected events.
I had focused too much on my previous mistakes and failed to address the fundamental issue of being prepared.
I had focused too much on my previous mistakes and failed to address the fundamental issue of being prepared.
It is always through experience that we can gradually improve. Though the presentation may not be as good as I wanted it to be, I had gained valuable experience from it, and from that, I am slowly maturing to be a better presenter.
Hi Zhenyong,
ReplyDeleteI would like to highlight the visual aids used in your presentation. Looking back at the presentation slides demonstration we had 2 weeks ago, the slides used in the actual presentation last week were a great improvement. The points were more brief and concise and the pictures were much clearer. Good job to your CG1413 team! :)
As you have pointed out, preparation is an essential requirement to ensure a successful execution of a task. I also believe that preparation plays a very significant role in a good presentation. They equip you with tools necessary to achieve what you want for the actual performance. Collectively, it contributes to a person’s mastery of the subject, it improves a team’s cohesiveness of ideas, it provides a good impression of the speech timing, and above all else, it boosts the presenter’s confidence for the real thing, knowing that everything will work together well because of good and complete preparation.
On that note, I believe that you did well in carrying out your part as a presenter. I think it was done well even the question-and-answer portion was handled well, too. You also did a good job in OP1, and even a better job in the latter one.
There is still an Oral Defense to be done. For that, our team should prepare well.
Good luck to us, CG1102 teammate! =)
Regards,
Paul
Hi Zhenyong,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that it is important to prepare ourselves for any tasks ahead. I think that is one of the vital components.
Other than that, I believe we should have allocated more time for us to practise presenting. Our final preparation was indeed quite a rush.
In addition, I feel guilty that I did not coordinate well with you, when either of us was speaking. When I was clicking for you, I was not totally sure if I needed to move on. When I was speaking, I was too concerned about looking at the audience and my cue cards. If I had given you some visual or hand signals, perhaps it would have been easier for you. I now realized that was the least I could do when we did not prepare enough for our coordination and regretted that I did not do so.
After this presentation, I hope that you will improve on your mistakes and that the ‘Goddess of Printer’ would not reject you again.
Jian Hwee
Hello Zhen Yong!
ReplyDeleteFirst off, from the picture, we actually look like a bunch of housing agents as compared to a team of researchers! Not to worry, you're not the only goofy one in a shirt and tie.
Back to the topic, even though it is not an excuse, the deadlines were really piling up during that time. I fully agree that we were unprepared for this presentation. Miscommunication and frequently looking at cue cards/screen were a few signs that we showed during the presentation which was highly unprofessional.
I thought the presentation was all done in a rush which led to scrappy results and we should take this as a lesson for future presentations.
Also, the 'Goddess of Printer' was not so helpful as well! I'm sure you must have been cursing while writing your speech on the cue cards.
Anyway, let us put this behind and just learn from it. May we improve tremendously on our next oral presentation!
Cheers
Qinxian
Hey Zhen Yong,
ReplyDeleteYou're absolutely right, our group sure aren't a bunch of people that can be casted in 'Ocean's XX' or 'The Italian Job'. The amount of preparation we did as a team, comapared to those movies, was probably anagalous to digging a grave with out fingers compared to digging it with a caterpillar engine powered constuction equipment. Basically our preparation was all individual and very little team-wise, leading to our nuclear catastrophic presentaton.
Maybe we were too complacent and thought that all of us were in sync mentally, hence we chose to do most of the preparation individually, but well it turned out that all of us were clearly not quadruplets seperated at birth haha.
Anyway, after reviewing the video, i feel that for your segment, the way you delievered your speech was an improvement compared to the first, at least this time you weren't 'aggressively' trying to sell your point haha!
I feel that you already have a good foundation for presentation in that you can project your voice, hold eye contact with the audience as well as exuberate a professional body posture generally. All that is left is to probably finetune the other aspects like cohesiveness with the other members, that should surely be the final jigsaw left in your presentation skills!
Cheers,
Jeremy
Hi Zhen Yong,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, the topic which your group has presented is one of the biggest problems which the world is going to face in the near future. In my opinion I think you did a commendable job but overall your group didn’t perform up to the potential. To be honest even my group didn’t present to our potential.
The primary reason for both of our group’s failure is lack of practice. To be honest my group thought of having a rehearsal before the actual presentation but unfortunately we couldn’t have it and it is sad to hear that The Goddess of printer didn’t favor you.
The second reason is that your group presentation was too lengthy similar to my group’s Oral presentation 1 and even though it was lengthy I could see the hard work from your group members as your group has done a lot of research on the topic and I think it is very important for an effective presentation.
However I should admit that you had a good eye contact with the audience and the pace was good enough that your message was clearly understood by audience and I agree with you that because of lack of rehearsals and practice both the groups faced a similar problem namely inconsistency between the presenter and the clicker.I personally feel that it would have distracted the audience to a certain extent.
Nevertheless, We can overcome the negatives and become an effective presenter in the near future.All the best for the Oral defense!!
Regards,
Santhosh
Hi Zhen Yong,
ReplyDeleteI beg to disagree with some of the points you have mentioned in your review. This is because the OP2 was supposed to be more of individual performance than team performance, though the aspect of performing cohesively as a team cannot be neglected.
I believe that you did a pretty good job as a speaker. You were not nervous and did not appear unprepared. In fact I myself noticed a tremendous amount of improvement in you from OP1. You appeared confident, well prepared and were able to capture the attention of the audiences.
In fact the absence of a printed speech or cue cards made you appear more confident because on a personal front I believe that the use of such materials might distract the audience when one refers to them (I know I used them in my presentation but I realized the negative aspect of these when I reviewed my presentation.) So I believe the printer server shutting down that day was a blessing in disguise.
As a team I believe you all started off nicely but began to lose it somewhere in the middle. The coordination between the speaker and the clicker got messed up at some places which distracted the audiences. Like you, even I believe that such flaws can only be removed through rehearsals and preparations.
Overall it was a job well done. You have shown significant improvements from OP1 and I hope you continue to improve over the future. All the best for your Oral Defence.
Cheers,
Saurabh Arora