When reflecting on my performance during my presentation for Secure Nest, overall I believe that I presented well – I was confident, professionally dressed and well spoken. As I was speaking, I felt engaged with the client and noticed that they were nodding along to what I was saying – evidently understanding and processing the recommendations I was providing them. I was able to assess when they seemed not to understand a concept by their body language (when they frowned down at their notes or at my slides) and was able to further elaborate my point until I saw understanding dawn in their eyes. Because of my ability to tailor my presentation style to their reactions, I felt like I was talking directly to them as if we were in a one-to-one conversation instead of actually being surrounded by a group of students. This felt more personal and intimate – resulting in a more nurturing approach to presenting in relation to some of my other group members. I initially had trembling hands and a pounding heart, however after I started talking I was able to relax into the familiarity of my speech and the nervousness stopped. In relation to my preparation for the presentation, I practiced multiple times on my own as well as in front of my peers in order to be familiar with my content and be able to present confidently without stuttering. As a result, I felt …show more content…
In my opinion, my content flowed well and was all interconnected, however in future I should pause between each slide to allow the audience to absorb what I’m saying and also include a linking sentence to establish relevance and to connect the slides together. If I had to do the presentation again, I would focus on making it more interesting and animated instead of being heavily theory based/ serious in order to appeal to those audiences which prefer a more entertaining presentation style instead of
I did notice one of my biggest weakness, which is the pace of my speech was slightly faster than it needed to be, and I felt that the slides were rushed in some places. This eventually must have forced the audience to lose track of some concepts or misunderstand my point of view at some places. Due to added anxiety, and the fast rate in speech I noticed subtle mistakes in my speech delivery; such as the mispronunciation of some words, jumped ahead of presentation ideas and even worse, there was some unnecessary stuttering involved, which made me uncomfortable and distracted me from the main points. I did notice few vocal fillers were there, and I think I could have used my in-speech citation a little better, as I felt that they were quiet off with slides and made the transition process somewhat awkward, for me to
First of all, to be put in a group of individuals that I had never met or interacted with before was always going to be difficult. The process of getting to know them better and finding the strengths and weaknesses of each team member was hard at first but the more we worked on the presentation, the better we became at communicating and getting the
It is argued by some commentators that having nerves can improve your performance (Lancaster and Janes, 1994). Feelings of nervousness helped me to focus on my presentation however things did not go the way I planned them. I can only
Overall, I felt that I achieved that goal of informing my audience about experiments in social psychology. Some of strengths include achieving my message, incorporating my sources into the speech, and how well practiced my introduction was. My weaknesses include eye contact, speaking too fast, and wrapping up the speech. I know that after watching myself deliver the speech, I will know what to improve and what to continue doing for my persuasive
Standing at the front of the class, my nerves grew from a small, nagging annoyance to rampant thoughts of failure, causing me to scramble, my memory of the topic becoming fuzzy. My groupmate made his closing statement, which signaled to me that the hard part of our presentation was only just beginning. Watching several of my peers’ hands raise, it sunk in that the questioning phase of our presentation, and the only phase we could not thoroughly prepare for, had commenced.
While a good presentation can deliver the insights of a topic and allows the audience to clearly understand a textual topic in a visual and more memorable way, a bad presentation can also make the audience more confused for even the things that they already know. Unlike how most people think, presentation is not all about the quality of the contents of the presentation but it greatly depends on aspects such as presenter’s confidence, quality of slides, and speaker’s methods and preparation for that particular topic. The most complicated and boring topics can seem so interesting by the audience,
Before I knew it, my time to present arrived, and even though I was somewhat confident in myself, I still had those presentation jitters. There was no way around the presentation, so I got in front of the classroom and gave it my all. I finished after about twenty minutes, including a question session by my teacher, and my classmates all clapped for me when it was over. My teacher said that my presentation was really great and even claimed that I had a college quality presentation! From that moment on, I realized that English is not so bad after all, and that I have all the skills needed to conquer the
During the presentation, I was nervous and was jumping around a lot (according to other classmates). I think I spoke loud enough and I memorized the proceure and materials, but not all of the conclusion
I pitched my presentation knowing who the audience was and preconceived assumptions of their knowledge and understanding, as mentioned above. Feedback from the audience at the end of the presentation suggested the content level was appropriate. I used multiple sources of data (ILM Handouts / Internet) to verify that the presentation was factually correct.
My voice becomes shaky and everything that I was going to say has suddenly escaped out of my brain. I felt that I knew my material pretty well but I wasn’t sure about my pace on that slide. I had practiced what I was going to say but I had never timed myself. I did not feel that my group, as a whole, was prepared because we had never practiced as one. If I could go back and start this group experience over from the beginning, I would have made sure that we have had more meetings and timed our completed presentation.
Comparing to my pervious speeches, I thought I was more confident and effective. Since we were in the small room, I made sure that the tone and volume of my voices were balanced. Moreover, throughout the speeches I used various hand gestures to help me get connect with the audience. Preparation is one the most effective way to improve in any kinds of speech. Therefore, I could have done better by practice and preparing more.
To analyse the presentation and teamwork I need to be able to understand everyone has different experiences and different ways of working and had their own view on teamwork. My confidence grew as I got to know the team. Giving the presentation has helped me with my confidence, which I will need when I am working in the health care. I have also learned to speak up more and encourage others to take part when they where being quiet and not pulling their weight. It was good to do research using the appropriate methods, looking at journals and professional sites. I managed to hold it together during the presentation in front of everyone. I knew the presentation was not going to go as well has it could due to the lack of practice. The reason I was so nervous was
To start off, I have been working on my presentation skills throughout the first quarter of the school year. Furthermore, the three presentations were spread apart, starting with talking about what we did during the summer, followed by a chapter from the book called Nickel and Dime, ending with a bank presentation. I have taken notes and have been given feedback sheets from my classmates and teacher to provide evidence for each presentation. Now, I will evaluate myself throughout all three of my presentations, the positives, the negatives, and much more.
During the presentation, I did not spread a confident attitude and did not present in the answering section. In general, I make some grammar and pronunciation mistakes often and do not speak fluent English.
In public speaking of any form to a diverse group of individuals, my main consideration as the speaker is my concentration on the audience that I am speaking to. In starting an effective presentation,