Thank goodness it’s finished!
Just thinking back to the Tuesday session of last week’s ES2007S class, our proposals were going through feedback of our proposals. Who would be presenting in next Tuesday’s session was to be decided. I honestly wasn’t too keen on being the first to present. Then again, who likes that? That unsure and slightly intimidating feeling is a rather unpleasant one. So it went round that some had a test that afternoon, a few had their thesis to submit. EXCUSES! My group remained silent as neither of us had a test that day nor did we have a thesis paper due. The opportunity to be the first was then presented to us. So be it!
Preparation
It did worry us that we had last than one week to prepare for our ‘debut’. But, we managed.Overall, I think the slides that we prepared looked really good. I must say, Godwin did a really great job with the template of the slides! I was totally wow-ed when I first saw the almost finalized version of the slides. He made a really good choice with the template. Clement did a fine job as the chairperson too! With his leaderships and ideas, it might have been difficult to tie up all the loose ends. It was quite unfortunate that, due to the lack of time, we barely had the chance to properly rehearse for the presentation.
I feel that if we had more time, we would feel much better about our whole presentation. I do not know about what the rest think, but that is how I felt. For me, I might have been lacking in confidence. Not quite having sufficient time to prepare, I perhaps wasn’t as confident as I had hoped to be.
Dun dun dun! – Showtime
It was time for us to share with others what we’ve done over the past few weeks. Of course I feel that we did a good job during the presentation. I like to think positively.
However, upon reflection, I don’t really think I performed as well as I had hoped. Strangely, I was not too nervous about presenting at the start. But things changed as I progressed further and further. Towards to end of my presentation, I began to get a little flustered. A sudden mental block had pounced on me causes me to lose pace. Thank goodness for Clement who gave a little hint and I managed to finish up my part and pass the time over to Godwin. This could have definitely been avoided if I had more confidence.
As Brad had pointed out to me afterwards, it did indeed feel like I had some sort of script in my head. It was as if once I was up there, I subconsciously hit the ‘Play’ button and I just went on and on. This is something I need to work on.
Credits
We did our best during the presentation despite several hiccups along the way. There definitely is room for improvement. That aside, all of us put in a great deal of effort in drawing up the proposal and preparing for the final presentation.
Thank you for all the supportive nods and smiles from everyone during the oral presentation! Thank you all for appreciating that we were the first group to present!
I have been waiting so long to put this down on this post. At the very beginning when Brad allocated the groupings, I was seriously quite worried about working with Godwin and Clement. I do not know why. I just felt that way. But to my surprise, things worked out really well. I felt that the dynamics within this team really played out well. Thank you guys for making this such a wonderful learning experience!
Finally, thank you Brad for grouping us the way you did and for the guidance and feedback you have provided along the way!
I look forward to reading all your comments regarding my oral presentation.
Come Friday, it’s my turn to ask the questions. *evil smirk*
