Oral Presentation

Today our group was the last group to present on our report. Being the last group, I guess I was more nervous as I believe we will be compared with the others group. In addition, I believe more is expected from us. For this reason, I stumbled quite a bit during my presentation. Another reason for this nervousness may be due to the lack of presentation opportunities (my last presentation was during my Junior College days). Therefore, the confidence was not really high during the presentation.

Another area I have to improve on may be to reduce my non-verbal actions. I tend to do these actions to calm myself down and also try to reduce the "tense" atmosphere during presentations. I believe that such actions will be inappropriate during presentations.

Lastly, I believe that during the Q&A session, I should try and help answer some of the questions. Today, I didn't answer many questions because I didn't have the confidence in my answer to each of the questions asked. I did not want to convey the wrong message and undo all the hardwork that my team mates have done during the presentation.

Overall, the presentation is an enriching experience and I am really grateful to be given such a opportunity to display my presentation abilities. Thanks Brad.

And finally, I hope that I will be able to find more opportunities to practice and improve on my presentation skills. I believe having good presentation skills will be beneficial to me in the future.

post #7: Final Reflection

Sigh, we have finally reached the last post that we are supposed to write for this module. If only this was a module that could span for 2 semester, which is impossible in NUS. I personally have learnt alot from ES2007S- verbal, non-verbal, inter-cultural, interpersonal conflict and many more. I have the the confidence to say that throughout this course, I have not only developed some good personal skills, my thoughts have also matured. In addition, my writing and language skills have also improved. And most importantly, I have made many new friends. For all these I have learned, achieved and attained I am very grateful for it.

Reflecting on my first post, I guess I have achieved some of the goals that I have set out for myself.

The first is to open up and learn how to communicate effectively. Throughout the course, I believe my confidence to speak up and talk properly has grew enormously. The need to contribute to the class and Brad's "pushy-ness" helped me in this aspect. Now, I more comfortable when it comes to contributing and communicating in class. On effective communication, I guess I still have room for improvements. I still have to brush up on my sentence formation and structuring when I talk to people. Even though I may not be an effective communicator as of now, I hope that through constant practice I will improve and move closer to being an effective communicator.

On my interpersonal relationship, peer-to-peer communications and work, they have all greatly improved throughout the duration of the course. There is now less conflicts between friends and work get done more effectively. I hope these skills that I learned from the course will help me even more in my workplace, once i enter into the working world.

Last is on being successful. Even though there is still quite some time before real success can be determined, I believe that that there is some success in my personal development. These successes include making new friends, developing more confidence
and many more. So I guess that there is some degree of success achieved from this course.

The final thing that I want to say is that, Brad, you are one of the best teachers that I have since I started schooling (apart from the marking and grading), and I hope that you will continue with what you are doing now and I really hope to attend more courses that you are conducting. Thank You!

And to all my new found friends, good luck to those graduating and hope that we can meet up soon during the holidays. Thanks!

Cheers,
Keldren

Imperfections make the best impressions

An advertisement that is emphasizing the importance of having a family. It also shows how non-verbal communication such as snoring can effectively bring a message across. Very touching advertisement too. Prepare some tissue paper. =D