Reflection on Oral Presentation

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Having done a formal proposal on the online integrated platform, my team and I had to put forth an oral presentation. As easy as it may sound, preparation of the oral presentation involves more work and analysis compared to the written proposal. It includes the meticulous selection of essential and appropriate contents to be presented based on the audience, synthesising the team’s effort while ensuring coherence and synergism, and portraying the effective communications skills I have learned thus far. During the team preparation and rehearsal, we had small hiccups but we managed to resolve the problem quickly and amicably which enhances our team cohesiveness.

The module culminates with the oral presentation, where most of the skills on professional communication that I was exposed to were learnt and used.  The need for an oral presentation is one of the advantages of the module as it closely simulates with what is required in the corporate world.  In addition, it was a good revision.

With regards to the delivery, I have practised what was being feedback to me on several past presentations and took note of all aspects of non-verbal communication. Fortunately, I am pleased with my performance in comparison to the past before I took this ES2007S module. Credits goes to Dr Radhika for her coaching and my classmates for the continuous feedbacks.  However, I realised my recurring mistake where I allowed my bad habit of not articulating clearly to perpetuate. Having been constantly reminded, I will strive to improve my pace and articulation in the future oral presentations to come.

Throughout this module, students were given the opportunity to present and many learning points on the dos and don’ts of presenting materials on the slides were gleaned from it. As such, I paid attention to the colours, placements of visuals, animation and arrangement of the materials.

Even though the entire process was time consuming, the end result was enriching and satisfying, it allows me to grow both personally and professionally.