ANALYTICAL REFLECTION

It has been 2 years since I have done any form of a presentation, or spoken in front of so many people. Being a little rusty in my presentation skills, my lack of preparation did not help. Most of the time we were researching and adding information on our slides that we did not think to rehearse a few times through. This in turn continued to diminish my already low confidence, therefore severely affecting my performance in my delivery. Most of the time during the presentation, I found myself thinking of the points I needed to put across to the audience, but the message was always at the tip of my tongue yet I could not find the words to convey my thoughts.

As group mates we are supposed to work as a team and listen to one another, backing each other up to support the project we have built together. That was not the case. Instead, while a team mate is presenting in the front, we were not paying attention to what our team mate was saying. We were so nervously focused on running through our own slides, doing last minute rehearsals of our lines in our heads to make sure our part goes smoothly. In the end, we ended up repeating what our team mate had previously just mentioned, and the points brought up by our team mate was not supported by the further evidence brought forward. Instead of working as a team, we worked as a team of individuals.

With a little more time, I believe that we can make right the mistakes we have made. We would focus on communicating and syncing with each other, and spending more time rehearsing together as a team to build the confidence in each other. This will improve the deliverance of our presentation and make it more effective.