Before my presentation I made sure I had all the essentials needed for an exceeding grade. I made it short, to-the point, not-watered down, detailed, visually appealing, and full of informative insight on my research.
During my presentation I realized that although I had all of the elements set up great in my PowerPoint, I still didn’t do all that great on the talking part. I made sure I kept eye contact with my audience, didn’t read off the projection, and made myself some outline notes. I don’t really have any explanation for thinking that I didn’t do well, it just seems like I didn’t for some reason.
After my presentation I can say that I was pretty happy with how I did. Talking in front of audiences isn’t really my thing, so if anything held me back, it was this anxiety.
I can relate to your presentation pretty well. My info was pretty good but I just suck at presenting things. Overall though I liked your presentation.
ReplyDeleteI can totally relate bro, and while I was a bit more comfortable than usual presenting, I felt like I didn't live up to my own personal expectations. I guess it's all about coming up with little tricks to help. Forinstance, I have two tricks. When looking around the room, I only make eye contact with the teacher, where as for the students, I try to look past them. Aside from that, I try to express a lot of personality, and get a laugh or two out early. I just always felt more comfortable when people are enjoying what I'm saying, so I feel less nervous.
ReplyDeleteI can't really tell you exactly what will work, but there are definitely tricks out there that will help you.
I enjoyed your presentation. Rather than thinking only of how you would present better, what specific changes would you have made to your power point? That would help you think about writing for a digital context.
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