Face the wall and do oral presentation reflection!

It had been a difficult day to go through the process of preparation of the presentation. Fortunately, I made it this week. Nevertheless, I had not given the best experience to my audiences.

I forgot to maintain eye contacts with my audiences until my presentation was done halfway. The audiences might have lost their interest and focus on my presentation due to the insufficient engagement of eye contacts. My nervousness and inadequate preparation for the presentation played an important role in causing the problem of eye contacts. Similarly, my meaningless gestures, fast speaking speed and random body movement are also the consequences of nervousness and inadequate preparation. I might have mislead my audiences with wrong gestures and movements during the presentation. In addition, the inadequate preparation for the presentation also deprived my groupmate in coordinating the presentation slide with my verbal presentation. The audiences might have failed to understand my points due to the wrong slides shown.

To cope with the problems, I have planned to make changes to my future presentation preparation. If nervousness is one of the greatest enemy of me, calming myself down must be achieved before my presentations start. Measure includes reaching the presentation venues 10 minutes earlier, setting up the visualizers and laptop as early as possible, as the measure gives myself more time to calm down before the presentation starts. Furthermore, I should believe in myself in being able to give the audiences the best experiences. Believing yourself is similar to doing the “superman” pose before the presentation, which can enable yourself to at least perform with less interference of nervousness. Moreover, group practicing should be carried out more frequently. Such practice can allow other members of the group to understand each other’s slides better. We are able to know which words or sentences coordinate with which slides so that any of us can control the slides during the presentation well.

However, notwithstanding the great need for improvement, I can say that I enjoyed the presentation with my passion and enthusiasm. I believe my enthusiasm brought joy to the audiences. This is indeed the objective of my presentation. I should retain my enthusiasm to make every further presentation a successful and fun one!