Just the
thought of having to do a presentation is enough to bring down my spirits as I
am not a natural public speaker. Nevertheless, I had to remind myself that this
is the exact reason as to why I took up this module and if I’m going to at
least overcome this weakness, it might as well be now.
Fortunately,
I had a wonderful group who complemented each other very well. Abdurrahiem was
there to polish up the softer side of our presentation while Sudarsan was there
to beef up on our content coverage. We worked hard on our report; hence the
content aspect of our presentation was in a way quite comfortable as we knew
our scope of coverage rather well and I believed, that is our main strength
during the oral presentation. From the peer teaching session, Abdurrahiem
always pushed us to have more pictures and I thought that was a wonderful and
effective way to relay your ideas. Thus, it was left to us to rehearse as a
group to work on our speech and a seamless transition between speakers. This
was done by practicing in a classroom to simulate our presentation. Our efforts
paid off with a presentation that was smooth-sailing in general. Nonetheless,
on an individual level, we could have done better with our speeches. This has
partly got to do with our rather delayed preparation of slides and consequently
limited time to work on our speeches.
While we
faced an onslaught of questions from the class, it was more of a clarification
of the rather complex system proposed although a few do have their share of
skepticism. However, we managed to give them a satisfying answer with the
substantial information we have gathered.
In
conclusion, I believed our oral presentation fulfilled the criteria for the
effective communication of our proposal and that boils down a lot to our
tireless work as a group in both content and mental preparation. It has taught
us to prepare the presentation with the audience in mind and definitely
imparted the fact that preparation can be done well with thorough preparatory
work.
It was really a wonderful experience working with you and Sudarsan! Seriously bro, I wouldn't have cherish this module as much as I do if it weren't for excellent groupmates like you and Sudarsan! Alhamdulillah, Thank God!
ReplyDeleteHey Nasir! I felt that your group did a really good job in answering the questions posed by us! I really liked your group's proposal! perhaps you all might want to carry it our for real!:)
ReplyDeleteOne of the best multicultural teams I have been in. It was great working with you and Abdurrahiem. We were able to work well as a team , the main reason being we completed each other very well and also informed each other of possible improvements.
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