Oral presentation reflection

Since young, presentation was never my forte. No matter how well-prepared I was, I would always stumble upon my own words. During my polytechnic days, my role in my Co-curriculum activity(CCA) often requires me to lead and give instructions to a large group of people. The role have helped to boost my confidence when speaking to a group of people and trained me to speak loudly and clearly in order to capture the audience attention.

During my presentation on last Thursday(5 Nov 15), I am glad that I was able use my past experience when I was presenting. In addition, I was able to continue speaking by thinking on foot even though I actually had forgotten my script. However, I feel that I still have a lot of room for improvements.

Firstly, peers reviewed that at certain point of time, I looked like I was trying to recall my script when my eyes started looking at the ceiling. I will need to practice on my eye contact even when I have forgotten my script.  Next, I tried the method of speaking without using the slide. I realize that in order to do that, one need to be really good at catching the audience attention which I feel it was not suitable for me. I should make use of the slide to boost my presentation and make it more interactive. In addition, I tend to use filler words in between my sentences which it is a very bad habit I should learn to get rid of. Lastly, I learnt that group presentation is not only about myself. I need to learn to coordinate with my groups to ensure we are doing it as a group presentation and not as individuals presenting a group presentation.

Presentation skills is very important in our daily lives. I hope that during my next presentation, I can work on my flaws to further improve on presenting!