Reflection on Oral Presentation

This is a reflection of my oral presentation.

For my team's presentation, it was split into 3 parts. Sinwei took the first part about background, Sengleng presented our research and I took up the last part about benefits of our proposal and conclusion. For the dry run, my slides were done in a brief manner with only the main points. Instead, I focused on developing my script and thinking about what to say, which I thought was more important. I was thinking of improving my slides after the dry run. It was kind of funny to get filmed while presenting so I was quite unnatural and can't remember my lines. From the class's feedback, it seems that my part was also too short.

After the dry run, I revamped my slides, lengthened it and took more time to memorise my script. As a result of more adequate preparation, I think I did much better during the actual presentation compared to the dry run. Overall I think our team did well for the oral presentation.

From this exercise, I realise the importance of adequate preparation prior to a presentation and also our body language during presentation. For my case, even though I was quite nervous, I was still consciously trying to portray positive body languages and suppress the negative ones. What I learn from this module will definitely come in handy during the course of my work.