Post #5 - Reflection on performance for Oral Presentation 2.

On the 26th of March, our project group, also known as the Friends of Green, gave a presentation to a panel of judges. My group members are Kai Ren, Geetika, Dyu and Duc. Our project topic was that there was a lack of awareness on the impact of diet on global warming. We discussed the possible solutions how we managed to implement them. We then concluded with a Q&A for the judges. I will now reflect on some of the good and bad points of this presentation.

I realized that I was quite nervous during the beginning of my presentation. Thus, I stumbled a lot and forget what I wanted to say. Not only that, I kept saying “yeah” out of habit throughout the course of my presentation. Besides that, I tend to keep looking at the screen during the presentation. Thus there are many areas where I need to improve on.

On the other hand, I did well as I managed to get the audience attention by varying my tone. Not only that, I managed to use humor, which is vital for maintaining the audience’s attention. I also find that I gave a clear and concise presentation and ensured that everyone in the audience understood what I was trying to say. Besides that, I gave comparisons and examples to further emphasize my point and get people to understand the situation better. Another aspect that I did well in is that I managed to use hand gestures to further illustrate my point.

Overall I find the team performed rather well for this presentation. We used attractive power point slides and pictures to maintain the attention of the audience. However, I find that there were bad points too. One was the interview video. It was too soft and the audience could not hear what the interviewee was saying. We could also give out a few sample survey forms to let the audience have a better understanding of what kind of result we are trying to get out of the survey.

Finally, although our group performed rather well during this presentation, we must not be complacent. There are always areas for improvement and I must strive to keep improving and give a better presentation in the future