Today, I will be sharing on my GT experience, which was the first graded presentation of this module. I was pretty excited to work with the other 3 of my team mates, as it was my first time working with them.
Our team met up quite often to discuss on the content to include in the presentation. Being the second group to present, I was initially quite worried as the first group did a really good job in delivering the content.
This GT was a great experience for me as there were many first(s). It was the first time I attempted not using a script for the presentation and I was glad I took the risk, as the feedback given to me was that I did not sound like I was reading from the script in my mind. It was also the first presentation that I received numerous honest and critical feedback from my peers, which I felt was a refreshing experience. The feedback I received was that my hand gestures appeared to be constrained, as my hand gestures were constrained within a small box. This made my presentation look less natural. I was glad that my peers pointed that out as it was an area that I could work on. After watching the video of myself, I agreed with the feedback and that I appeared to be a tad too stiff. Also, I felt that I did not give sufficient pauses during the presentation, and another feedback i received was that I was going on and on without pauses. Lastly, there were some comments that the presentation slides had too much animations which could be distracting.
All in all, the GT experience was a good one, where I learnt about my areas of weaknesses. I am definitely keeping those feedback in mind in my future presentations.
