Critical Reflection on oral presentation

On the 16^th of November 2017, my group, Team LCP RAY, was tasked to give a formal presentation on our proposal of implementing intelligent study spaces in SIT@Dover. It was nerve wrecking for me because it my first time giving a formal presentation in years. Generally, I feel that I portray both positive and negative aspects during the presentation. I hope to improve on my negative points and work harder to improve my positive points.

During the presentation, I was able to project my voice clearly to my targeted audience. I was able to give my presentation in a good pace, volume and tone. During my part on the presentation, I used numerous visual aids to help my audience better understand my content. I maintained good eye contact with each and every one of my audience to ensure that their focus is on me during my presentation.

However, there are certain areas of improvement for me as well. I noticed I used many filler words in between my sentences due to my nervousness. This meant that my audience might feel that I am not confident in giving presentations. Apart from using filler words, I subconsciously fidget too much with my hands to hide my fear.

In conclusion, there are definitely certain key takeaways I have from this presentation such as ensuring to keep my hands in a neutral position to give my audience the impression that the presenter is confident in public speaking and also to practice my speech beforehand so as to avoid filler words.