How I feel about es2007s

Hi all!

How fast time flies, so fast another semester has passed. I have definitely learn more stuffs and skills about communicating effectively. Not only, to maintain eye contact for the sake of doing, but also to observe the reaction of the audience and use that to create rapport with the them. Next, will be to use appropriate gestures to capture the attention and not confuse the crowd. For this, I still need more practice to produce better gesture for illustration. Another important point, is to use the 7C's in our presentation.

For the peer teaching, I did not use any que cards, as I feel that a presentation without que cards will be more professional or 'zhai!'. Ms lim recommend and told me that usage of que cards does not means it unprofessional. I should have accept it and not insist of not using for my proposal presentation. During the final presentation, I felt more nervous and miss out certain points, I regret as I could have redeem myself with Ms Lim's advice.

After presentations, I thought that it was bad, as I felt nervous. Surprisingly, after reading my classmates comments, it wasn't as bad as I expected! I kept looking at the negative stuffs I have done for my presentation instead of looking at the positive points! Furthermore, with the help of a recording presentation, for the first time in my life, I can see how I present, which is not as bad as I expected! Lol..

I hope everybody in class did gain some useful insights and most of all, did learn to communicate effectively. One main thing I have to say is this module does not only teach me about communication, it actually help me know and learn more about myself too. This is one significnt factor which I won't be able to do that for most, if not all of our engineering modules.

Good luck to all for finals!!!

Final Presentation Reflection

I think that I have delivered the contents in a clear and coherent manner for the first part, but I was a bit tense for the second part and was unclear what happened. Not sure if it was due to the nervousness or not enough practice. My plan was to introduce the product before moving on to the next slide. That part was messed up and incoherent as I noticed confusion in the audiences. However, I managed to direct the audiences’ attention to the key point which is the simplicity of the product. During the second part, I was supposed to tell the class about the duration of the upgrading project. After the presentation, I was told that I said “1.5 months” instead of “1.5 years”, and I said it twice! And I totally was not aware that I have said it wrongly. I tried to relate the topics to friends and relatives of the audiences, so that they will be able to connect to me. I guess I could convey the message more effectively if I could reach into their heart.

Presentation really needs a lot of practices. I thought I have prepared enough the day before, and I would be able to make an impactful speech to the class. Well, it was harder than expected when you step into the limelight. One tends to tense up and nervousness will make one rush through and get things over quickly. I still have not get use to enjoying and feeling comfortable when presenting. Perry advised me to talk to the audiences as if they were friends. That is easier said than done! I feel that in order to reach out to the audiences, you would have to enjoy presenting to them and also to speak from your heart.