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Areas for improvements:
There were still some coordination problems. This resulted in some instances where I need to prompt my teammate to go to the next slide and also my presentation was not in sync with what was on the screen. I believe that this has happened because I was elaborating on some points which were not present on the slides in my own words. To ensure the coordination can go smoother, I can:
- Emphasis on some words to signal to Kimberly that I had finished elaborating the points so she can proceed on to the next slide instead of explicitly telling her to click “next”.
- Have more rehearsals together as a team, to reduce occurrences like this as this will improve team cooperation hence, making us communicate better in the presentation.
- Include this in my presentation : Using laser pointers to indicate the important parts which I will be elaborating on the power point slides on the screen. This would force me to use the laser point, which is far more professional then using my script to point at the slides.
- Rehearse more and specially inform my team mates to look out for my bad behavior so that they can remind me of this mistake which should not occur in the actual presentation.
Good points
The following are some aspects of my presentation that I think I had done a good job:
- I had made the appropriate eye contact with the audience as I made an effort to look at them when I was presenting.
- Appropriate hand gestures when presenting.
- I did not read from script and most of the time I was elaborating in my own words with relevance to the topic.
- I was more confident this time and the flow of my words were smoother in comparison to my last oral presentation.
In general I feel that my team has done well in this Oral Presentation although we still have coordination problems despite the rehearsals we have. The slides for our presentation are actually not very consistent and this maybe because when we merged the slides after our own individual editing of our own parts, we fail to see the overall picture of the all the presentation slides.
However, I do feel that the transitions between us in the presentation were quite good and smooth.
6 comments:
Hi Jason,
I think that you did a good job during your presentation. You did well in engaging your audience with your eye contact, telling the audience that you are acknowledging their presence and hence they will be more attentive to your presentation. Emphasis is placed greatly on points that you are trying to bring out to your audience, and thus making them understand the purpose of your proposal. In addition, you are able to internalize the content of the presentation into your own words, and thus it shows the audience that you are confident and sure of the proposal you are presenting.
With regards to the co-ordination of slides, you could have given a copy of your script to Kimberly and indicate the instance on when to click. As such, there will not be so much miscommunication in the appearance of the points and slides, since the “clicker” know when to click for the next animation or slides to come out.
Overall, I think that you did quite a splendid job on the presentation, and I certainly look forward to the next presentation that you might have in the future. I hope my comments have been useful to you. Hope you will be able to improve in your future presentations.
Regards,
Ryan
Hi Jason,
In my opinion, though the occasional miscommunication between the presenter and the slide controller is unavoidable, it is a forgivable mistakes that all teams make. What it matters is the frequency of these minor accidents happening; the lower it is, the better the impression you gives to the audience about how prepared and confident your team really is. Bar the few mistakes, I thought it was an excellent effort as you made up for this error by displaying high levels of confidence during your presentation.
In addition I feel the appropriate body languages and emphasis on points being brought across to the audience has benefited us by easing our understanding on the topic, as well as the idea you are presenting to us. It is refreshing and easy on the ears.
For future presentation, you may want to do a minor investment on a laser pointer as I feel it will strongly improve your professional image as well as impressing the audience. Also, as the saying goes, "practice makes perfect", hence you can only improve with more rehearsals, either on yourself or as a team.
Hope my comments are constructive.
Brandon
Hi Jason,
I feel that you did well in not relying on the script. It clearly shows how prepared you were and also how much preparation you did before the presentation. I am sure that the preparation pays off as you appeared confident and was smooth in the presentation.
In your post, you mentioned about your bad habit of using your script to point at the screen. I agree fully that this is a habit that has to be changed. Firstly, using the script to point would block the audience from part of the slides and prevent them from reading the points. This is something that we do not want, as it prevents them from getting the full picture and hinders the communication process. Secondly, we should not be showing others that we have a script to read from, as it would be sending a message to the audience that you are not fully prepared. We should be using cards that fit into our palm to prevent this.
To solve the problem, you mentioned the use of laser pointers. I agree that it is a good suggestion, as it can draw the audience’s attention to the point you are presenting. Moreover, it will not block them from parts of the slides as you do not need to move too close to the screen, this will prevent the unintentional blocking of the screen by parts of your body.
To end off, I feel that you did your best in this presentation, which can be seen by your clear understanding of what you presented. I hoped that the points I mentioned are of help and that it will help you to improve on your presentation skills.
Leonard (C06)
Hi Jason,
As a teammate, I agreed with you that there is a need for more rehearsals before the actual oral presentation. However, as for one of your suggestions to improve coordination, it may be rather obvious to your audience if you emphasize on some words as a signal for Kimberly to proceed to the next slide. I felt that a successful oral presentation should be as smooth as possible without the presenter having to coordinate with the slides. The presenter just needs to focus on what to share to the audience rather than to coordinate with the slides. In other words, the person in charge of clicking the slides should followed and coordinates with what the presenter is sharing, instead of the other way round. Thus, it may be better Kimberly have a copy of your script before the presentation so that she can roughly follow your presentation and knows when she can proceed to the next slide.
Unlike me, you have excellent eye contact with the audience throughout the presentation. In addition, the hand gestures have also helped you to engage the audience better. This will in turn keep your audience interested in what you are sharing and pay close attention to our presentation.
Li Hua
Hi Jason,
As a member of the audience, I enjoyed your presentation as your pace was just right, and your speech smooth, without much issues. You also had eye contact with the audience, ensuring that there is sufficient interaction with them. Basically, you did a great job with the presentation.
Your body language also displays confidence, which is really good, because it portrays an image to the audience that you have an in depth knowledge of the presentation contents. And this becomes a persuasive point to the audience on its own.
Coordination issues are bound to occur during presentations, what matters is how we minimize them, in ways like you said, like having more rehearsals to help improve coordination.
Like you said, rehearsals will be a great help in improving not only the individual, but it will also improve team coordination, and slide transition. Rehearsals also help to ensure that the content of the presentation is appropriate and sufficient for the presentation.
Overall, great job on the presentation.
Keep up the good work!
Hi Jason,
I felt your presentation was one of the better ones. You have a natural flair for presentation and there was no trace of nervousness in you then. You kept good eye contact with the audience and used relevant gestures to emphasize the points. This made your presentation more interactive and personal, as you allowed your feelings on the topic colour your speech while remaining professional. That is not an easy feat to achieve.
You also used simple English that your audience could easily understand without sounding contrite. This made your presentation more enjoyable and interesting to listen to.
There were certain miscommunications between us during the presentation and that led to jerky slide movements that detracted from your presentation, I apologize for that. I believe that if we had practiced more together, it would be been vastly improved.
I commend you for an excellent presentation and analysis of it, and hope you would continue to improve, so that your presentations will become more interesting. It was also a pleasure to work with you on this project.
Regards,
Kimberly
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