Pecha Kucha

the link for my pecha kucha;
https://w3.icu.ac.jp/people/payne/madoka.html


The biggest problem was that I completely blanked at one point. Perhaps it was a good thing that the slides kept going so instead of freezing for a long period of time, I was able to jump right back into the presentation.
I thought that I was going to be okay, but apparently that was not the case. If I were to do Pecha Kucha again, I should practice more. When I was practicing, I was doing the presentation in my head. However, next time I should rehearse it out loud a few times.

I think knowing the 20second limit made me speak faster than usual. Also I might have kept looking down at the laptop or the screen beside me, at the countdown on the slide. I would be nice if I can present unaffected by the countdown.

Except when I blanked at the beginning, I thought the overall presentation went ok. I hope that the audience was able to understand what I wanted to say.

Reflections and Self-Analysis of my first presentation

link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxFNq8kj2xA

1. Voice (volume, rate, pausing, emphasis etc)

Reflections: I am not sure whether the video recorder had anything to do with it, but my voice sounded small. Smaller than I thought I was speaking at that time. Also I did not pause between phrases and ideas. (ex when I was explaining the different reasons I liked lacrosse more than any other sports. Furthermore, I did not really emphasize any words.

Goals: I should speak a little slower with a louder voice. Also, as I mentioned above, I should pause more between ideas so the audience would be able to pick up what my main points were.

2. Body Language (eye contact, gestures, postures etc)

Reflections: Instead of looking at the audience, I looked upwards or downwards, and even at the slides next to me. A good point was that there were times when the gestures went well with what I was saying. However it was only one hand because in the other hand, I held the cross. . Another good point was that I did not move around much, I stayed in one place.

Goals: For my next presentation, I want to be able to look at the audience. At first it may feel embarrassing but at least make it look like you are looking at the audience. Just do not look upwards where obviously there is no one there. I looked down towards the notes that I had, even when I did not need it. I knew what I wanted to say so next time do not even bring notes so I won't be tempted to look down. Next time, perhaps I should put down the cross, or any other object I might bring, when I am not using it to explain something.

3. Visuals (images/texts on slides, timing etc)

Reflections: I thought the powerpoint slides were effective; few words and one picture to show the main point of the slide (except one about similarities with other sports). Or, maybe the way it was presented was a little boring? Title and one big picture.

Goals: Most of the photographs were taken from an actual game so it may have been difficult for the audience to understand (like offence and defense). I may have been able to understand because I play the game but to those who do not, it may need more explanation. So next time I should find a picture, or add more captions to the picture to make it more understandable.

4. Preparation Process (topic selection, notes, visual creation, rehearsals etc)

Reflections: I had the general ideas of what I wanted to say prepared during the brainstorming stage. And the powerpoint presentation was not too difficult to make. However, whenever I tried rehearsing the presentation to myself, I kept adding something else. Also, during the presentation, sometimes I had to pause to come up with the right word.

Goals: If I had rehearsed more, I would have know which words I would have been stuck on. So, I should have rehearsed more. Also, while rehearsing, I should keep in mind that there are audiences so I would focus on my eye contact and gestures.

5. Others

When I looked at the clip, the whole presentation took 4min 30sec. Which is 1min 30 more than what it was supposed to take. Also, I said "um" a lot. I should not do that. Furthermore, I started fidgeting with the laptop and the cross before the presentation was officially finished. I should have had said "Thank you", waited for the audience's reactions, then start cleaning up.

Overall I thought it was an OK 1st presentation. It was so weird watching myself on video!

My passion presentation

I have not figured out how to put the presentation on to the blog yet...

My Goals for Presentation #1 -My Passion

First presentation in this class!

PAL
Presentation: Communicate to the audience what I am currently passionate about.
Audience: my AEP classmates, Sylvan and Mark
Logistics: On Monday, December 20 at ILC-101. 3 min. max. presentation with visuals

Presentation:
I want to brainstorm ideas of what I can tell the audience about what I am passionate about. Then, I will prioritize which information to share. Then make a rough dramf of what I am going to say. Next, I want to find photographs that correspond with the information. Finally, put the information and the photos on to a powerpoint presentation.

Content/Overall
I want people to know more about girls lacrosse. Also see how exciting and fun sport it is.

Voice
I want to speak in a voice that shows that I am passionate abou the subject. I want to be able to emphasize the right words and speak with intonation that will not bore the audience.

Body Language
I want to use only neccessary movements; which means no fidgeting. I will probably bring in my cross so I have to make sure not to play around with it. Also I want to be able to stand straight and not lean on one foot.

Visuals
I will be using both slides and bringing in actual equipments. I want to be able to use both of them effectively.

TED: Mitchell Joachim: Don't build your home, grow it!

Overall, I thought this was a good presentation. It talked about an interesting topic; growing your home. It seems like a story from a fairytale but according to the speaker, Mitchell Joachim, an architect, its possible. For a 3 minutes presentation, he was able to give the audience quite a lot of information. Also it was funny, apparently. There were parts where I was not able to understand the humor though.

He was a good presenter because he was talking to the audience instead of just saying the contents of his presentation. He seemed relaxed and comfortable on stage. The volume of his voice was easy to listen to. Also he put emphasis on important words by stressing and stretching them.

However, he did not pause much which made it difficult to follow sometimes. What also made it diffcult to follow was although he started quite slowly, he started to speak faster as the presentation went on. I thought he needed to speak slower especially when he was talking about architecture because that is a specific field not everyone has lots of knowledge on.

Advanced English Presentation Class

Its been 8 months since I used this blog!!
Now I will be using it for the Advanced English Presentaion class.

First task: characteristics of a good/bad presentation

In a good presentation, the presenter...
-has good eye contact
-engages the audience
-speaks in a voice that is heard and understandable
-seems enthusiastic about presenting
-uses pauses

In a bad presentation, the presenter...
-does not remember the contents of the presentation
-turns his/her back to the audience whilst talking
-mumbles
-moves around too much
-assumes that the audience understands everything that he/she is saying

First post!

First proper post. yay
i was never really good at keeping journals or anything like that so i will just have to see how it goes. well, I have nothing else to say...