After completing my last presentation for Health Management class,
I felt it would be good to reflect on takeaways I have. Over the course of the
semester my team worked together to build a presentation to teach about Personal
Resilience, Conflict Resolution, and Team Engagement. After completing these
three presentations I have learned helpful tips about presenting and also more
about my strengths and weaknesses while presenting.
Tips about presenting I learned were;
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You never know how the audience will interact
and it is often important to ask questions to reinforce key takeaways.
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Over the course of the semester we tried
different tactics to help prompt discussion such as throwing a ball around the
room, incentive with candy, playing music in the background, and using videos
and diagrams to communicate information.
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When creating slides and presentations it is
important to have a good mix between readable information and then information
that is presented through speaking. Reading right from slides is repetitive and
can be boring.
From presenting I learned some of my strengths when;
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Being able to offer personal examples that helped
to relate to topic and helped to influence discussion.
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When I spoke, it was clear, and I maintained
good eye contact.
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When working with a group I took a role of
offering ideas that may have been different from the rest of the group and
providing constructive criticism for ideas I didn’t think would work.
Going forward a few of my weaknesses that I need to work on
are;
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Being more enthusiastic about the topic, even it
isn’t something I am passionate about having a “mask of enthusiasm.”
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Moving more around the front of the room to
engage the audience not standing still.
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To take a stronger leadership role and take on
more responsibility when working with a group.
I have felt this class to be extremely beneficial to my
young career and am glad I have the hands of experience to work on the skills
as opposed to just learning about them. I would like to thank my group members
for helping me to grow as a team member and offering constructive criticism to
show me where my weaknesses are.
Good job presenting this semester! I was never a fan of public speaking but I think this class was really valuable in that we were able to teach a 70 minute course with a small group of people. I think because the class was so small it made a huge difference in how we felt about our presentations. I also had similar weaknesses that I will work on. Moving around is huge for me, I like having something in front of me that is "hiding" myself per say. All in all by the third presentation I felt much more comfortable being in front of the class.
ReplyDeleteVery nice reflection. Your group really did try to change and adapt based on the feedback you received. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThis was a great blog post, I wish I had written one for myself. I think your first tip on presenting, "You never know how the audience will interact and it is often important to ask questions to reinforce key takeaways." is very important. This was something I learned as well. It was awkward when the audience did not interact and there was a long silence. I learned its important to have a back up plan with simple questions, like you said so the audience will be more likely to participate. The more interaction the audience has, the better the presentation. Overall great job presenting!
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