Oral Presentation :)

First of all, let me just say that despite the many enjoyable late nights that I spent with Valeria, Ye Thu Win and Ranmali at the central forum and the times when I get to make fun of Ranmali (ahem.. century egg!), I am still very happy that the project is finally over!

Before the presentation, we scrutinized and edited each other's slides umpteen times. While it was time-consuming, it helped us to be familiar with, not just our own slides, but each other’s slides as well and a better idea of where our presentation was heading. I actually liked that we had to keep our slides simple because it was easier to remember that way. Also, I feel that during the presentation, the attention can be on what we had to say instead of what was shown on the slides.

Yes.. I do not like oral presentations at all (and I am sure everyone knows that) but I actually enjoyed this oral presentation. For this presentation, I was definitely less nervous and more relaxed in front of everyone than during the peer teaching. During peer teaching, I had a ‘script’ I followed closely to and I thought that contributed to my fear of forgetting what I had to say. Besides that, I was also unused to having to speak in front of a bunch of strangers. For this oral presentation, instead of memorizing a script, I remembered my points so that it felt as though I was telling my audience a ‘story’. Every time we rehearsed I was able to bring my point across differently. Perhaps I was lucky that I am talkative so talking was not a problem to me.

Overall, I think I did well with my presentation and I would not be as hesitant as before to do a presentation but I think I still have to improve more on my stage presence in future.