Sunday, November 20, 2016

Analytical reflection on oral presentation


My team had to think of an engineering problem and come up with a solution for it. The group decided to tackle the issue of water efficiency in SIT@Dover. The solution to improving water efficiency level in SIT@Dover is to retrofit the water equipment into more efficient ones. As the solution is very technical-based, my group had to think on how to sell our idea to the audience and not make them feel overloaded with content.

For my part, I had to present on the current situation in SIT@Dover. In order to create an impactful presentation, I presented the equipment in toilets by using the public's general morning routine before they go to work/school and also represent the amount of water used by each equipment in terms of 1.5 litre water bottles. I also included questions and humor as an opportunity to engage the crowd and pull them back into the presentation in case they start to wander off. Not only was I able to make the audience relate to the content and remember easier but also make them feel interested to listen to what I have to present. Despite the strong points stated above, my presentation had flaws in it as well.

I had received comments by my peer group during the mock presentation that I used a lot of filler words. In order to improve on that point, the 2 things I did differently in the real presentation was to rehearse beforehand to gain confidence and to talk slower. Despite that, I still used filler words in the real presentation although it was way lesser.

In conclusion, despite the measures I took to prevent the same mistakes from happening, it occurred again although it was lesser. Thus, I need to make sure that I know my content well and rehearse more as this will increase my confidence and performance for the presentation. This will also ensure that filler words will be used less frequently.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the detailed reflection, Azrie.

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  2. Hi Azrie,

    Your performance for the presentation was very good. The slides were very well prepared, using 1.5 litre water bottle to represent the amount of water. Your presentation was very engaging as well, being confident to step away from the slide, asking relevant questions and being able to add humor into it.

    Enjoy the holiday before school starts again!

    Regards,
    Daryl Tan

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