Prior to the final presentation, our team were given the
opportunity to present our proposal to the peer evaluator, each presenter was
given five minutes for their pitch. After the presentation, I have received
feedbacks from evaluator mentioning that I spoke too quickly and require more
preparation in my presentation. Thus, weeks before our final presentation, I
gathered with my team and rehearsed multiple time so as to ensure a smooth
transition between our slides and better familiarize what we were to present.
On the day of the presentation, I controlled the pace of my
speech while inserting deliberate pauses. I vary my tone of voice throughout
the presentation and ensured that my eye contact with the audiences are
assuring and less intimidating. During
the presentation, I tried to maintain eye contact with my audience instead of
constantly turning back to refer to the screen. However, the uncertainty of the
information still forces me to refer back to the slides. Atlas, the Question and Answer segment ended off with my team and I
standing before a series of questions. I felt more confident while answering
the questions posed by the audience as I was more familiarize with the data
presented. Although I took some time to process the questions, I managed to
smoothly answered the various question posed.
To sum it off, I believe that there was a tremendous
improvement as compared to the presentation done with the peer evaluator,
however, there are still room for improvement. The feedbacks received enable us
to be less subjective and focus on what needs to be improve, I felt that this
experience had definitely provide us with the platform to practice and hone
both our communication and presentation skills.
