The question “How can I overcome nervousness when doing oral
presentation” has been pondering me since my secondary school days. Some advices
given to me include know the content well, be confident with proper hand gestures,
rehearse and practice in front of a mirror, interaction with audiences etc. After
the peer teaching session, tutor has provided me with constructive feedbacks on
areas which I have to improve on.
On the day of the presentation, anxiety still defeated me as I was
not adequately prepared for my speech. Eye contact was mainly on the tutor
during my first half of the presentation. Maintaining eye contact with different
audiences only came to my thought on the second half of my speech when I
quickly switched my eye contact to others. As my knowledge on the contents was
not well, it has affected my articulation of words during my presentation. The
ending part where all team members shouted out the slogan could have been uttered
more cohesively. Lack of practices on the speech was the main cause of my poor
performance.
On the bright side, visual graphics and videos have aided my team
in presenting the problem faced to the audiences. Being the last presenter in
the team, I am satisfied with the transition of the speakers as I did a preview
of what my team members have presented. Overall, the presentation session has
taught me a valuable lesson that is useful in my future presentation.
As shared in my first blog post, I will continue to work on my
weakness as there are still rooms for me to improve on my communication skills.
Lastly, I would like to thanks all awesome classmates for this trimester
especially my group members, Dagnor and Kok Quan, for the great effort put in our
assignments.
