Reflections on Oral Presentation 2

We had our second oral presentation on Monday, 22nd March. My group consisted of Roger, Gillian and myself. We had rehearsed several times before the actual presentation but however, we were still very nervous about the presentation. We were well dressed for the occasion and the tone used was appropriate. The transition between us was also very smooth. We tried our best to engage the audience and persuade them to consider our proposed solution. Lastly, during the Q&A session, the way we addressed the audience was polite, and the answers were quite complete. On the whole, the team presentation was good and cohesive.

Firstly, for me, OP2 was a much better experience compared to OP1. I felt a bit more confident for this presentation compared to the first one. Although I was not that familiar with the topic, I still felt more comfortable while speaking to the audience. Unlike the previous time, I tried my best to maintain eye contact with the audience. I also made sure that I did not speak too fast and kept to a standard pace. I was clear and confident in my delivery, which is important for one to become a good speaker. I also tried to speak in simple terms which could be comprehended easily but maybe I should have tried to use better vocabulary to make the presentation sound more professional. I had included some interesting pictures in my slides to constantly arouse the audience’s attention. I feel that I have made quite an improvement though there is room for more. One thing that I have to take note of is that I should have tried to answer the questions or at least tried to add on to what the other group members said during the Q&A session which I failed to do so during this presentation. So overall, I guess more effort would be needed to improve further on my ability to interact well with the audience and also on my presentation skills.

Reflections on Blog Post 4

Hi everyone, once again thanks for leaving comments and providing constructive feedback for my blog post. I will take note of all your suggestions and try to make my blog post even better the next time. Like all of you mentioned, I should have tried to make my post more personal and could have reflected more on my role as a member in the team.
So, let me now reflect more on my role. After viewing the video clip, I realised that I was paying attention to all the ideas of my other group members. I tried my best to encourage them to put forward their ideas more confidently by asking them questions like why you think this will work and questions like were there any possible drawbacks of the design that they suggested. I felt that this indeed made sure that everyone contributed their own suggestions and there was an active participation during the meeting. But, I felt that I could have been more active during the meeting. Due to the fear of myself being videotaped, I was a little nervous to put forward the ideas that I thought of before the meeting. I shall try to overcome this fear and improve during the second meeting by building up more confidence in myself.
Also, I personally felt that I should have included a video clip of the meeting so that all of you could take a look at it and it would be easier for you to relate to my performance during the meeting. So, keeping all these points in mind, I will try my best to improve myself during the second meeting.

Reflections on Blog Post 3:

Hi everyone! Thanks for all your comments. After taking a look at all the comments that were posted, I have to agree that a face to face meeting is still a must.
As Jonathan suggested, maybe a neutral friend of both Rinita and Nikita could help solve the problem of misunderstanding between them. This solution sounds to be more feasible and there is a more likely chance that the problem would actually be solved.
Also like what Zhi Hong and Iswarya mentioned, as both of them were very good and close friends, the misunderstanding would not last very long as they would be able to understand each other well. So it would take a bit more time for the incident to sink in both of them and for them to cool down and become friends again.

Reflections on Post 1 and 2

Reflections on Blog Post 1:
Hi everyone! Thank you all for leaving your comments! I am glad that you all liked my post and I hope that after reading it, all of you had a clear view on what communication and teamwork really mean to us. Like what Iswarya suggested, maybe I should have mentioned something about the differences between a team and a group, and elaborated more with suitable examples, which I had missed out in my post. Overall, I personally felt that maybe adding some pictures to the post would have made it even more interesting and better for readers to understand the topic well.

Reflections on Blog Post 2:
Once again, I would like to thank all of you for reading my blog post thoroughly and giving me suggestions on how to make it even better. I am very happy that you found my post interesting and enjoyable to read. I will try my best to make all my other posts equally entertaining. Like what all of you mentioned, I did realize that the conclusion was missing in my post. I will take this into consideration and make sure that I do not repeat the same mistake again. Another thing that I missed was the analysis to the personal experiences that I shared. Perhaps I could have related those experiences that I shared to the culture and fundamentals of effective communication, like what Zhi Hong mentioned.