P4_Portfolio_Delivering Effective Presentations

Dear Bev!

First of all, I would like to thank you for such a great workshop. I think it was one of the best workshops I have ever attended. I have learnt much more about presentation skills than I expected that I would learn.

The workshop for me was like a mirror that has showed me my weaknesses which constantly influence the quality of my performance at the stage. Before the workshop I was aware of some of my weak points, but now I can put a label on them and I can actually work towards the progress.

To be honest my main problem is staying focused and concentrated during the speach. I am usually loosing the track on my structure and content. Even if I prepare a great presentation, suddenly when standing in front of an audience, the content and my notes does not make sense at all which leads to being nervous and not able to deliver the presentation fluently and with ease.

BUT!!

Well I have chosen to work and live in a business environment where the success lies upon great presentation skills. Therefore I have to learn how to deal with my nervousness and concentration.

Interestingly, few days ago my boss from work asked me to join an online international conference which will be held on Tuesday - November 29 and where I should present my thoughts on a past event which I was responsible for organizing earlier this year. The presentation itself should take 15 minutes and the audience will consist of more than 100 guests both attending the conference in Greece and logged online from all around the Europe.

I plan to use this opportunity for adopting several main points and hints from your workshop. Although I won't be standing in front of a real audience, the online conference will be run by webcams. So I think that such presentation is equal to the real ones.

So here is my action plan:

1. Tomorrow, there will be in Ramphal Building another workshop related to presentational skills - run by Stephenson Hardwood - I'm planning to collect more information and hints.

2. Prepare the content and structure of the presentation. (presentation is for 10 mins)

3. Think about possible questions I might be asked. (5 mins for questions)

4. Practise, practise and practise - review the content, present it loudly several times and I guess I will force one of my friends from the campus to create an audience for me as well! (it might be also great for checking my English, so I will be confident about what I'm actually saying).

5. and smile :)

I think I covered all the main points. So wish me luck and I will keep you posted!

Regards,

Natalia

: 17 Nov 2011 21:38 |  Tags: Bev Delivering Effective P4 Portfolio Presentations Walshe |  Comments (2) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

P1_Portfolio

: 15 Nov 2011 20:39 |  Tags: An And Development Introduction P1 Portfolio Skills The To Warwick |  Comments (7) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

A1_Portfolio_Reading and Note–making

Hi

Last Wednesday (26.10.2011) I attended a workshop from academic skills portfolio - Reading and Note-making. The two-hour workshop was full of important hints and advice on how to study more efficiently and with ease.

As far as I can say, I'm already using most of the things mentioned on the workshop. However, this session assured me that the methods I use are correct and suggested some improvements in brainstorming for essays.

I am particularly interested in spider diagram which I hope will help me with elaborating my thoughts. Therefore, for the next few weeks I'm planning to implement spider diagrams into my note-making. Hopefully, by the end of the term I will have had no problems with sturcturing and creating complex essays.

Natalia

: 02 Nov 2011 22:02 |  Tags: And Cha Han-Na Notemaking Portfolio Reading |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem