Sunday, April 10, 2011

The Art of presentation

Since this week’s post is a free one, I decided to do a little self-reflection. My group presented on Friday and in all honesty, I felt we entertained the class and more importantly, Mr. Abel Choy.

However, something still disturbs me. I have had severe presentation difficulties from as far back as I can remember. All those jitters and butterflies in my tummy standing in front of a crowd speaking just won’t go away.

I remembered the time when I was asked to stand-in for this girl who backed out on a class debate during my first semester at UB. Boy I had no idea what the hell was going on and I fumbled like a mess when speaking. I felt dumb; almost inadequate. Worst still for me, my lecturer sunk her head as I startled in front of the audience like a pussy cat. Not something I want to remember for as long as I live.

Anyway, I felt I did alright for the presentation on Friday. I had the usual hiccup when I forgot to present one of the points for my parts but on the whole, I thought I did ok. I actually have my group mates to thank because they made it so relax that I felt that even though I messed up slightly, it wouldn’t matter much.

The Ping Pong Piang Band

I guess a large part of my nervousness stems from my vanity. I always wonder whether I look good when presenting and talking to people. I wonder whether my shirt’s untidy or whether I look unkempt. Honestly, I haven’t found the solution to my problem yet but I’m working on it and I somehow feel I’m getting a wee bit better from before.

Therefore, I decided to look up on presentation/stage fight videos and I found this. ENJOY!


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