Team TREE decided to come up with a proposal for the improvement of the planning and management of upgrading works in Singapore. With all members having experienced real life scenarios where daily routines have been sundered by the interjection of construction works (sometimes even 2am in the morning!), we were able to empathize strongly with residents we interviewed, to come up with a proposal we really believed in.
The first draft of our presentation was a little wordy, containing many examples and elaboration. Slides we prepared were cluttered with text; throughout rehearsals, we frequently exceeded the allocated 20 minutes by small margins. Bringing to mind the 7 C's, we decided to completely revamp the presentation slides, minimizing almost everything to point form with the elaboration committed to memory. Further rehearsals then ensued, but while we now met the time frame of 20 minutes, each delivery was spontaneous and unique, the phrasing and content differing slightly with each presentation. Alvin also pointed that my presentation was a little monotonous. Hence, I tried to put myself in the shoes of irate residents, and interjected their emotion into the delivery with mixed success.
I also decided to make use of visual cues such as pictures and graphs to trigger key ideas that I wanted to discuss and elaborate in my oral presentation. All information on the slides would be the bare minimum, in point form, diverting the audience's attention to myself and the ideas I wanted to put across (rather than reading them off the slides). While this made each delivery slightly different each time, all the crucial ideas and concepts to be presented to the audience would be maintained. This method also brought about the additional benefit of looking more professional, with less referencing to notes and cue cards.
All in all, I felt that it was a pretty good delivery of our proposal.
Hey Jon,
ReplyDeleteEvery practice we had was different ( in terms of slides and speech). We were continuously making changes to both of them, so that we can meet the time limit and of course to be more persuasive.
And you made progress in every practice.
Here, I would like to thank you for your contributions and editing!! I wish you all the best.
Hi Jonathan
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed by the extend of hard work your team has made. Well nothing ventured nothing gained right?
I'm sure your team has gained far more than the sacrifices you have made Your bonding with your team members and the experiences you have learnt are invaluable and precious. This will be useful for your future presentations and even helpful in your personal development.
I like your concise presentation and they were clear and very well presented. I see that you do not hesitate to answer any questions and instead reinforce your point with such great conviction. It goes to show the confidence in you. Well done!
It has been a great journey in this ES2007S and I wish you all the best!
Hey Jon!
ReplyDeleteI feel we did a really good job, and all those rehearsals paid off with the time limit. I think you improved a lot from the rehearsals during your final presentation. You spoke well with conviction, with a good pace and ended the presentation very well.
In contrast to Zhi Yan having a lack of confidence, you are usually much more confident but somehow you lack that tone varying in speech and this decreases how much you engage the audience. I think it's somehow inherent in you, as I usually do not notice you also talk like that, rather monotonously. Although I pointed that out during rehearsals, perhaps you tried a little bit too hard trying to put in the oomph, as I think Ms Fazilah has mentioned. Nevertheless, I think you did much better with that oomph than without, so don't worry too much! The only suggestion I have is that you can be a bit more charismatic and natural to make your presentation more engaging, that will be icing on the cake! =)
Thanks for being a part of TREE, it has been really fun doing a project with an old friend, and I also really enjoyed our discussions during class with Zhi Yan, as both of you have rather different views. All the best for exams, I know you will do well! =P