Personally, i am really glad that my group's presentation went smoothly. However, we could have spent more time rehearsing to achieve a more confident and persuasive result, rather than perfecting our slides.
Our slides were made to look simple with clear, direct points. For statistical figures, we represented them using pie charts instead of bar charts so audiences can focus on one object and see the statistics relationship easily. We had also set a theme at the beginning to catch our audiences' attention, that is YES 2010! By adding a Y to our proposed module code, we hope to make it sound more dynamic; which i believe we did from the audiences' responses (: Overall, i feel that our slides were neatly done but we could have used more relevant animation to enhance the visual aids.
On the other hand, there are several aspects of my presentation that I need to improve on. Ms Goh commented that my voice was too soft and somewhat monotone. For this, I did try to project my voice to ensure the panel can hear me. But as I proceed with my slides, I was nervous that I tend to either read-off from my cue cards or turn backwards to refer to my slides. I actually know what I am supposed to present but I lack the confident to do so without having my cue cards as a back-up. So in the end, I tend to over rely on it. I was actually reading instead of presenting. My problem of being monotone needs to be overcome by more practices.
WengYin also told me that my body composure changed after I reached my second slide: from standing straight to bending one knee. I am sorry for showing a nonchalant posture. I was shuffling my feet back and fro during the Q & A session too. These would not have reflected nicely on my team so I would take note in future.
Dear Siew Ting,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your weakness. I think you did improve on your voice projection this time, compared to the first time during self introduction.
It is easy to slip to being monotonous, as we want to bring out a level of seriousness to the issue or due to lack of experience. But i am sure with practice and rehearsals, this will get definitely get better. Take heart that each presentation is different and from each presentation we can learn a new dimension of bringing out a good 'show'.
It was nice working together on the project!
All the best!
Regards,
weng yin
Hi Siew Ting
ReplyDeleteYour slides are really impressive and professional. With pie charts and statistical figures, your presentation is very persuasive. I think your team's slides are the best among all three teams.
From the first half of your presentation, it can be seen that you prepared very well. In my opinion, the cue cards distracted you a lot, as you had tendency to refer to the cue cards in the second half of your presentation. I think your performance could be much better if you didn't bring along the cue cards, as you were actually very familiar with what you want to deliver.
Overall, your presentation is effecitvce and professional.
Regards
Yinbei
Dear Siew Ting,
ReplyDeleteHey. I felt that you had improved alot from the practices where you were softer. You were loud and clear during the presentation. I believe that it was out of nerves that you were monotonous and that you were reading from your cue cards. Therefore, this could be improved through more practices and rehearsals. I know that you were really stressed up with your hectic schedule too. Therefore, I believe with more practices, it will help.
I really had fun doing the project with you and learning from you. Thanks for being a great groupmate too.
thanks :)
Best Regards
Ying Hui
Dear Siew Ting,
ReplyDeleteI agree with Yin Bei on the point about your slides being professional and informative. However, I feel that since you were handling most of the statistical analysis, it may have caused you to sound monotonous due to lack in variation in content.
As already mentioned by everyone, your voice projection was definitely much better than the previous presentations. Understandably, you may have constantly referred to cue cards because of nervousness. I suppose familiarizing yourself with the content would have helped you to feel more confident to speak without referring to anything. The only points I would like to add is that I felt that you seemed a little unsure when answering the questions after the presentation and that I feel that your outfit could have been more professional if you had not worn leggings.
Regards,
Shilpa
Thank You Weng Yin and Ying Hui. I believe that we had fun working on it together though we did digress from the main part most of the time! But overall, I really enjoyed having the two of you as well as Kenneth to work on our project altogether (:
ReplyDeleteThank You Yin Bei for your comment. I am glad that you like my group's presentation slides.
Thank You Shilpa for your comment too. I know I should not have wore leggings for a formal presentation but I do not have appropriate short skirt for the moment. I will take note of my dressing when I go for interviews!