Analytical Reflection

Having not presenting for a long period of time, it felt like my first time presenting back in Republic Polytechnic. I am very nervous, full of thoughts and feeling very uneased. Having a mock presentation, I had received critical feedbacks to polish my skill for my actual presentation.

For my first aspect, my presentation skill, as the saying goes “Practices make perfects”, giving a perfect presentation is close to impossible for someone whom had not been doing it abundantly in recent time. A couple of week ago, I was giving my first presentation in SIT. I am consistently not doing well for my whole presentation. I wasn’t familiar with the contents. Hence, I was not able to present well as I forget my memorized sentences, lesson learnt. However, during my mock presentation. I am familiar with my presented contents. Even though I was not presenting it smoothly, I know my stuff. To improve on this, I will need to practice rigorously. I plan to at least present it for at least three times a day to improve on my skill and confidence.

Another aspect that I could improve on is my physical communications. Based on my feedback, my presenting posture for the mock presentation is bad. For a tall guy like me, I must bend down a lot to fit in many places like going through doorways of MRT trains and some low ceiling areas. I may had developed an unhealthy habit of bending my back unconsciously. Having poor body posture during presentation may convey a message of poor confidence. To improve, I am stretching my back regularly to reduce strain to allow myself to maintain a good healthy posture. I would also ask my friends to remind me of my posture if I unconsciously return to the poor posture.