During the preparation period for GT, I had full support from my group members (Chloe and Wei Ni) and I really appreciate their valuable comments and feedback. When I prepared for the GT, I planned for my presentation without a script. This was the first attempt for me to present without a script after 3 years of scripted presentations during my Poly years. Of course, I felt nervous and excited in going scriptless for the first time. However, I was determined to do well as I know that it would be impractical to prepare and memorise scripts in the workplace.
My group met up a few times to work on both the slides and the outline of the presentation. I would agree that it was quite smooth going in arranging for meetings and my group members were prompt in preparing the work as allocated. Although we agreed earlier that we would not meet up earlier on the actual day for practice – this was to calm ourselves so that we would not feel too nervous, we eventually met up earlier for another practice for a piece of mind.
With the completion of the Group Training (GT), I heaved a sigh of relief. I felt that I did not speak too well as I stammered and fumbled upon words, I was too stiff with regards to gestures, I did not manage to vary my tone and enthusiasm and I did not manage eye contact well with the audience. However, overall, I felt that I did try hard in attempting to go scriptless to deliver my presentation. Nevertheless, I would aim to do even better to correct as much flaws as I could, during the Formal Oral Presentation (FOP).
Thank you for this reflection, Kee Yee. I appreciate learning about how you presented without a script after using one in previous outings and I admire your willingness to explore new approaches.
ReplyDeleteWhat I like about this post is your honest self assessment. I think that sort of reflection paid great dividends as you improved dramatically in the FOP, which was generally free of stammering.
On all these fronts I really appreciate your effort.
Hi Kee Yee,
ReplyDeleteFor you GT, I think you were just too nervous, that's why you did not present well. However in you FOP I could see the improvement. Maybe you can try to improve on you hand gestures, as your hands still look stiff most of the time.
Overall you really improved a lot.