#5 Reflection on Presentation

Practice, practice, practice.

All I need to do is practice, I thought as I prepared for the presentation.

Honestly, I was a little worried about this presentation as I had much more content to present. I had prepared certain words and phrases that I wanted to use during the presentation, but was unable to do so as I was too anxious. I wanted to use notes, but I know I should not. When I have notes, I tend to read off the notes and be less expressive. I tried to cram everything into my head.

It wasn't easy. In fact, it was pretty difficult to translate my thoughts to words simply by looking at the slides. I wasn't about to give up. I practiced quite a number of times. And practice really helps.

The use of slides really helped to trigger what I wanted to say, especially since my portion was content heavy. Initially, I wanted to each bullet point to appear as I clicked, but I decided against it when I practiced and found out that I had nothing to trigger my thoughts.

To build up confidence for each presentation, I had to ensure that I really knew the content well. This would give me confidence not only for the presentation, but for Q&A as well. I believe that knowing the content well would generally translate to a better presentation.

Nonetheless, I feel that I can do better, especially in organizing my thoughts. My thoughts tend to be quite messy, and it can be quite bad when I verbalize them. To some, it could sound like stuttering.

With better organization, I definitely believe that I would be a better presenter in the future.

All I need is just to practice, practice, practice.