Presentation Critique Part I

Hiii ^_~/ This week I was unable to challenge myself to write comfortably on Tues. & Thurs., since I was in zombie mode… due to a midterm & many projects on top of me /~_^\  Nevertheless, I’d rather write when I don’t feel the pressure of time suffocating me to post anything and get rid of it ^_Ő

On Tuesday I was surprised that we finally had a speaker for the Graphic Design club called Gauge.  I thought that Prof. Jimmy forgot all about it, since the weeks kept passing by ‘^,~\  I’ve only been a member for the Gravitas (Animation club) when I was still in Animation, and now I want to join Gauge.  The speaker was nonetheless than the vice-president, and he invited us to attend their meeting on Tuesdays, from 4-6 p.m., which I’ll start attending next week ^_^/ I’m looking forward to making new friends, learn from them, and get feedback about my projects.  I also want to socialize to improve my communication skills •^_^•  I’ve been waiting for this opportunity so that I can get more involved with what I’m studying \^O^/ LOL!!!  

If you recall about the nine original game ideas that we had to present in the previous week, now we had to present only one out of those nine in either a black or gray presentation board.  I chose the twelve face value bills in a combination with the five coins of: penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and half a dollar to turn it into a memorization game.  However, I was part of the students who didn’t present on this day since we were running out of time, so almost half of the class was able present.  Everyone got nervous, some more than others, and they all showed it in different aspects.  Some of them showed it by not providing eye contact with their audience, others by the tone of their voice by being too fast, low, or saying a lot of “Um,” and others through their body language or a combination of all or any of these.  One of my friends went first, she’s very good at talking, but she moved her hands a lot.  Another friend kept crossing her legs and moving her body from side to side.  One of my classmate’s, who’s also good at talking, grabbed her presentation board during her entire talk… which we learned that this approach represents a shield (to be protected), and the audience focuses only on the board rather than on the speaker.  Furthermore, by crossing either our arms or legs, or both, it indicates that we don’t welcome our audience for any questions and comments.  There is so much to know and understand about professional public speaking, and to practice among ourselves by observing our classmates tone of voice, eye contact, and body language did benefit all of us to improve with our own communication skills… we also learned to critique one another for our own good, because in CSULA we’re so FRIENDLY \^_~/\^_Ö/\Ô_~/ 

Golden Adjectives:

1.     Nervous: Feeling highly tensed and uncomfortable to present in front of a crowd.  Afraid to be on the spotlight.

2.     Social: Able to interactive with large numbers of people, such as joining groups to talk about topics and become friendly.

3.     Experiential: To learn from real life observations.