I feel that our group’s oral presentation was effective and persuasive as we covered the relevant content and analyzed it appropriately. We also ensured the slides prepared were simple and audience friendly with the use of relevant graphics and charts.
I had the challenging role of being the opener. I tried to fulfill it to the best of my ability, firstly, by employing the use of good attention-grabbers, like statistics, and attempted to tailor these examples in the context of the audience, to make it of relevance to them. However, I feel that I could have done this better with more practice.
Secondly, I used an appropriate tone, emphasized important points to reiterate our focus and ensured my presentation had a clear structure and content. Furthermore, I used appropriate, accurate language, and ensured eye contact throughout. I feel that I was confident in my delivery although I fumbled at a few points due to nervousness and lack of time. These, in addition to my focus on giving a good opening, also resulted in me speeding up at certain parts.
Lastly, I aimed to have a thorough understanding of the content to avoid a script and memorization which only increase my chances of making errors due to the urge to regurgitate everything and missing a point only adds to my anxiety which affects the rest of my presentation. I covered all the required points and more as I was at ease, such that I understood what I was saying and could get my point across to the audience better.
It is indeed challenging to be the opening speaker, more so a persuasive one, as it is vital to grasp the audience’s attention from the beginning to lead on to the rest of the presentation. I would want another go at it to improve myself in the required aspects.
"There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave." - Dale Carnegie
Final Post
15 years ago
Dear Prameet,
ReplyDeleteYou demonstrated in the post that you are indeed clearly aware of your strengths as a speaker/presenter.
You are able to give a confident and smooth delivery that is convincing, and with good use of emphasis. As the first speaker, you set off a tone that is appropriate for persuading the target audience.
The points in this post flows very well. It could however be more succint and direct, perhaps by selecting the points that are the MOST important to you.
Nevertheless, it is understandable that having to keep to word limit and thus cutting some points away is not an easy task at all. This is especially true when you have so much to say and offer!
And before I forget to mention, that is an interesting quote to put in. :)
Regards,
sixiao
Dear teammate,
ReplyDeleteYou have never failed to impress me when you present, not only because of the excellent flow of points as well as your eye contact and language. However, I have to say this presentation is not one of your best.
So let me start off with the strengths in your presentation. Very impressively, you were able to put across your points in accurate and professional language. Furthermore your eye contact, body language and tone were natural. It made your points persuasive to a great extent and the simple slides helped to a great extent. However, you appeared shaky in the beginning and as you have noticed you were trying to decide on a good opener in your mind. The pressure of being the opening speaker probably distracted you from being your usual confident self. Also, you should pay more attention to the time management during the presentation.
As for the write up of this blog post, the flow is there but I think you left out the "firstly" and jumped right to "Secondly", do take note of that!
In addition to my comments of your performance, I want to say that you are a good teammate and a very systematic one contributing as a coordinator in the group. It is a pity that your headache on that day robbed you of your smile but I do know you have the ability to smile and impress the audience. Keep the good job up!
All the best and I look forward to your next but unfortuntely very last blog post!
ShuYan
Dear Prameet,
ReplyDeleteIn your post, you showed that you understand the steps to a good presentation. The post is divided into different paragraphs each identifying the areas that you are focusing on. I always like reading your postdue to the structure and language.
You did appear nervous and shaky at the start of your presentation. In addition, you might want to take note of the time limit. This might be because the pressure of being the first speaker and trying to remember all the points. However, you managed to calm down and being back your "normal" self. :)
Regards
Kenneth
Hi all,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your constructive feedback. Indeed, this oral presentation did not go as well as I intended as I was pretty shaky and unprepared. I will take note of my shortcomings and improve on them.
Thank you for your comments!
Regards,
Prameet