Analytical Reflection
I felt that the mock presentation was an excellent platform for my team members and I to familiarise ourselves' with our parts, as well as identify our individual flaws of our presentation skills. This allows us to rectify on said problems, so as to ensure that we would present smoothly on the actual day. During the mock presentation, I have come to realise of a few negative aspects of my personal presentation skills via peer review forms.
Firstly, I tend to use a lot of filler words such as "um" and "yeah". I realise that I utilise such words whenever I am thinking or processing information, so as to cut down on awkward silences during the presentation. This shows the audience of how unprepared I am, and removes any credibility on what I have to present. Therefore to alleviate this problem, more practice is needed before the day of the presentation.
Next, I realised that between my members, the handover/takeover between slides is not well done. Proper thanking of the previous speaker, proper introduction and previewing of the next speaker is incredibly important and allows for the group presentation to be more cohesive. With the transition between our members improved, there will not be any abrupt transitions between topic headers which will mean for a smoother and better presentation.
Lastly, eye-contact is a very important factor that differentiates a good presenter from a bad one. Eye-contact engages your audience on a personal level and brings more meaning to what I as a presenter has to say. I had omitted this out during my mock presentation and this would affect my presentation negatively.
On the whole, I felt that the mock presentation was a good chance for me to find out on the departments which I was lacking in presentation-wise and allowed me to conduct remedial actions on the problems identified so as to prepare for a better and smoother presentation.
Firstly, I tend to use a lot of filler words such as "um" and "yeah". I realise that I utilise such words whenever I am thinking or processing information, so as to cut down on awkward silences during the presentation. This shows the audience of how unprepared I am, and removes any credibility on what I have to present. Therefore to alleviate this problem, more practice is needed before the day of the presentation.
Next, I realised that between my members, the handover/takeover between slides is not well done. Proper thanking of the previous speaker, proper introduction and previewing of the next speaker is incredibly important and allows for the group presentation to be more cohesive. With the transition between our members improved, there will not be any abrupt transitions between topic headers which will mean for a smoother and better presentation.
Lastly, eye-contact is a very important factor that differentiates a good presenter from a bad one. Eye-contact engages your audience on a personal level and brings more meaning to what I as a presenter has to say. I had omitted this out during my mock presentation and this would affect my presentation negatively.
On the whole, I felt that the mock presentation was a good chance for me to find out on the departments which I was lacking in presentation-wise and allowed me to conduct remedial actions on the problems identified so as to prepare for a better and smoother presentation.
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