Jennelle Cruz Post 1

 Jennelle Cruz

Starting off with group one, they did their presentation on chapters 1-4 which was pretty much giving us the basics on presenting and preparing for our presentations. I liked all the colors of their PowerPoint and the cute little characters and pictures that they had through their presentation, which really helped me maintain my attention on their presentation since I get distracted so easily. We hear about how some people can get nervous (enough to question if they will die) during their presentation. This is usually my first thought before I present but they reassure us that there is not really a way of dying during a presentation unless we are in a country that outlaws freedom of speech and we speak out on something- it’s comforting to hear that my nervousness is for no legitimate reason and I’m actually just over thinking. We learn about the 7 components of a presentation and how important it is to pay attention to all of them. The pictures they put in their presentation will definitely stay in my head so I can remember exactly what I need for my presentation to be a success. I really appreciated how the concept of plagiarism was explained because as a student the last thing I want to do is lose points on my work just because I forgot to add quotations and it counts as plagiarism. Once again it was comforting to hear a presentation acknowledge and give advice on how to manage anxiety that comes from your first speech/presentation. This nervousness can definitely be taken under control if we get good resources for our information and prepare correctly. I enjoyed the video they played during their presentation because it gave me something extra to pay attention to. I’m glad we got a lot of tips on the different presentations and how to delivers them effectively. I didn’t really take into consideration how important audience analysis is until I saw the presentations so now I know to interact more with the audience. This presentation was overall easy to understand and had great visuals.

Group 2 (the group I was in) we gave a presentation about how to do your research, reliable and unreliable sources, how to effectively write out a speech, outlining and practicing, along with a couple other topics. I personally really like how our came out with all our visuals and our coloring. I may be a biased source of information, which is a topic we spoke about in it. The explanation for why we should research thoroughly (to be prepared and avoid anxiety) was very clear and well put, I do believe we have a lot less to worry about if we are very prepared. That being said we also heard that we should be careful when doing research so we don’t pick a source that may have incorrect information or is plainly biased, we are also given precise tips on what to look for to indicate we found a good source for our research. In our presentation we also have sections telling the audience how to effectively write out and outline their speech. These topics I hadn’t really paid much mind to, but after hearing how my group mates explained it, I’ll be sure to pay attention to how I pick an outline style and organize it in a way that will benefit me. My group mates also gave good examples on relating the topic and how to warn that the speech is coming to an end, these are important in sounding invested in your presentation. Another very important topic we touched on was finding the main point of your presentation, I thought that it was very important for people to learn about this because I have seen some presenters not focus exactly on what they should be talking about and end up straying too far and they cant really pick back up what they should have been talking about or they simply lost all the time they were allowed. This part of the presentation was a good reminder to not forget what your main point is. My part of the presentation was actually something I had not heard about much prior to doing this project which was how many modes of speaking there was. I found making this presentation a very good learning opportunity. I also thought the importance of rate and rhythm of your speech was explained very clearly. Some of my group mates added some really interesting videos and examples to further our audiences knowledge on what our chapters presentations is about. I overall enjoyed the result that my group and I got on our presentation.

Group 3 gave a really good presentation with colorful visuals which once again I was very happy to see. I learned that for informative presentations it is very important to build a hunger for information from your audience to make sure you keep them interested in what your talking to them about. This is going to be in my mind every time I do a presentation because I can’t stand when I’m giving a presentation or speaking about something and I see my audience is losing interest. That just makes my nervousness even worse. This presentation was giving us very good tips and tricks on how to keep your audience interested and focused on what you’re talking about. This presentation also helped remind me that we need to be very ethical on how we are delivering our presentation. I would not want to slip up and have someone in my audience think that I am not someone who is trustworthy enough to listen to. This presentation was very good at explaining just how important analyzing the audience is. We need to have the audiences input, even if they aren’t directly speaking to us so that we know how to adjust our presentation so everyone understands. The presentations in this class were very clear for me to understand which was surprising for our first project. I enjoyed learning about everyone’s chapters and I was not left with any questions.