*How to bake Christmas Cookies*
Reflective Comments:
There are mainly 2 points that I would like to reflect on.
The first point is the content of the presentation. I think that I chose a big topic, demonstrating the orders of baking cookies was maybe too big topic for a 5minutes presentation. Therefore, I had to speak fast in order to finish the presentation on time, and some people gave me comments about the speed of the talk, too. I did my best to simplify it, but it was not that detailed.
The second point is that I forgot to preview all the five points of baking (which I regret a lot ); ). I did not forget to preview the points when I was doing rehearsal, so maybe I should of rehearsed more, or maybe I should look at the notes more since I basically present without looking at the notes.
Goals for Future Presentations:
1. Simplify the topic more. Analyze the topic and just take the most important parts of the content, and emphasize (if necessary).
2. Be careful of how fast or slow I talk. Using the speed of the talk effectively. (For example, slowing down the speed in emphasize, or when trying to make the audience think, etc.) Not too fast. If the content is long, make it simple so that I can talk slow.
3. Rehearse more until I feel confident and get the smoothness of the flow. And of curse managing the time.
4. Never forget to preview the points I presented!!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
My goals for presentation#2
1. Preparation/Rehearsal
As I've done last time, I would prepare the presentation ahead of time, making some little outline and notes of what I'm going to talk about. Then, I'd time myself and do rehearsals until I feel comfortable and know exactly what I'm going to explain.
2. Content / Overall Impression
Explain the recipe of Christmas cookies and show how the recipe can be used in everyday life. (Seasons don't matter!) I hope I can explain it in a simple and easy way.
3. Voice
Clear and cheerful voice. I want to show that baking (or cooking) is very fun and hopefully I can make some of my audience to actually make them after my demo presentation.
4. Body Language
I'm thinking of actually doing the movements of making the cookies, such as mixing the ingredients or putting flour through a sieve, etc. But I would like to not to make more movements than necessary.
5. Visuals
I'm going to use pictures of the ingredients, the process amd my actual pictures of the Christmas cookies I baked last winter at the end.
As I've done last time, I would prepare the presentation ahead of time, making some little outline and notes of what I'm going to talk about. Then, I'd time myself and do rehearsals until I feel comfortable and know exactly what I'm going to explain.
2. Content / Overall Impression
Explain the recipe of Christmas cookies and show how the recipe can be used in everyday life. (Seasons don't matter!) I hope I can explain it in a simple and easy way.
3. Voice
Clear and cheerful voice. I want to show that baking (or cooking) is very fun and hopefully I can make some of my audience to actually make them after my demo presentation.
4. Body Language
I'm thinking of actually doing the movements of making the cookies, such as mixing the ingredients or putting flour through a sieve, etc. But I would like to not to make more movements than necessary.
5. Visuals
I'm going to use pictures of the ingredients, the process amd my actual pictures of the Christmas cookies I baked last winter at the end.
Monday, January 18, 2010
PAL goals for presentation#2
Purpose:
I want to demonstrate how to bake Christmas cookies to the audience. I want to make it easy to understand and to follow, and simple as possible so that the audience can remember the tips and can actually make them at home. It is very easy to make and they can be actually made at any time of the year although I call them Christmas cookies. (:
(Target) Audience:
My audience could be little kids to even elderly people. Especially for girls and for family but it can be anyone.
Logistics (Time, technology, etc):
My presentation would be about 5 minutes long and I am going to use the actual pictures that I took when I actually made them. I might use animations if I can find good ones but I'm not sure.
I want to demonstrate how to bake Christmas cookies to the audience. I want to make it easy to understand and to follow, and simple as possible so that the audience can remember the tips and can actually make them at home. It is very easy to make and they can be actually made at any time of the year although I call them Christmas cookies. (:
(Target) Audience:
My audience could be little kids to even elderly people. Especially for girls and for family but it can be anyone.
Logistics (Time, technology, etc):
My presentation would be about 5 minutes long and I am going to use the actual pictures that I took when I actually made them. I might use animations if I can find good ones but I'm not sure.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Introduction ACTP Analysis
Attention-Getter: Good
Kiran Bir Sethi started the speech with the word "contagious" and gave other connected keywords such as "laughter", "passion", and "inspiration", which gave a positive impression. Then she started to throw questions to the audience, which was successful in making them think about the question for while.
Credibility: Not included.
Topic: It was not very clear. However, she actually says that she'll introduce her story for the next 8 minutes, so it is clear that she's going to share her story which I assume is connected to the word "contagious". But I think she could of made it more clear.
Preview of Points: She does not give preview of points. In addition, she did not even give the clear points. The audience is left with no idea of what she is going to talk about, only the fact that it would somehow be connected with the word "contagious".
Monday, January 11, 2010
Presentation#1 Reflections and Self-Analysis
1. Successfully achieved purpose / main message?
Reflection:
My goal was to convey my passion about how much I loved to interact with people and how I found out about it through my thinking towards dance. My main message was that "little tiny moments you share with people constitutes everyday life, so we should make it happy and pleasant as possible, by giving smiles (for example)." I think that I achieved this goal, but I wanted to emphasis more about the main message, not only mentioning about it in the end.
Ideas for Improvement:
I think that I should of talked more about my main message at the end since I still had some time left.
2. Use of voice? (rhythm, emphasis, pausing, variation)
Reflection:
My goal was to speak in not so slow, nor too fast but appropriate speed and to speak in a passionate tone when emphasizing. I think that I was speaking in a normal speed, but I wanted to be more passionate when emphasizing my main message at the end since I couldn't say the last sentence fluently. By watching the video, I realized that I was a little hyper at first, so I want to become more calm.
Ideas for Improvement:
I want to speak with more passion and emphasis so I need to simulate the presentation by first, imagining about it and then, by rehearsing it actually. I thought that I needed to have more clear ideal image of how I wanted to make my presentation look like. And for the emphasis part, maybe I should memorize the last lines (the main message) so that I could speak in more fluent way without getting stuck. In addition, I thought that maybe I should speak louder because when I watch the video of my presentation, I always have to put the volume in max to hear my voice.
3. Use of body language? (posture, gestures, eyes, face)
Reflection:
My goal was to stay calm and to give appropriate gestures. I noticed that I crossed my legs when standing to make myself relax but I thought that I might look too relaxed so I would like to avoid that.
I was nervous at first, but as I started my presentation, I think I started to feel comfortable presenting and became a little calm. I think I gave appropriate gestures, too.
Ideas for Improvement:
For my next presentations, I would avoid crossing my legs and be careful of my standing posture. Kaya also recommended me to have a little more gesture at the end, so I would like to think about gestures before presenting since I didn't do that this time and the gestures were all natural.
4. Use of visuals?
Reflection:
My goal was to use many images and also images that are using the slide fully, and I think that I achieved that goal. However, the title of my presentation "My Passion" could of have been better. But I think that I was able to give some visual impact by using actual pictures of me dancing since many people said that they liked the real pictures I used.
Ideas for Improvement:
Since I had more slides than the other presentations my friends gave, I should reduce the slides of the presentation.
5. Preparation & rehearsal process?
Reflection:
I think that the rehearsal I've done was very effective in memorizing the context. However,I should have thought about gestures or standing posture, too.
Ideas for Improvement:
For the next presentation, I would like to simulate the presentation and rehearse with gestures, caring about standing posture, volume of the voice, etc. and be prepared 100% fully. I thought that I should rehearse as if I am giving the real presentation.
Reflection:
My goal was to convey my passion about how much I loved to interact with people and how I found out about it through my thinking towards dance. My main message was that "little tiny moments you share with people constitutes everyday life, so we should make it happy and pleasant as possible, by giving smiles (for example)." I think that I achieved this goal, but I wanted to emphasis more about the main message, not only mentioning about it in the end.
Ideas for Improvement:
I think that I should of talked more about my main message at the end since I still had some time left.
2. Use of voice? (rhythm, emphasis, pausing, variation)
Reflection:
My goal was to speak in not so slow, nor too fast but appropriate speed and to speak in a passionate tone when emphasizing. I think that I was speaking in a normal speed, but I wanted to be more passionate when emphasizing my main message at the end since I couldn't say the last sentence fluently. By watching the video, I realized that I was a little hyper at first, so I want to become more calm.
Ideas for Improvement:
I want to speak with more passion and emphasis so I need to simulate the presentation by first, imagining about it and then, by rehearsing it actually. I thought that I needed to have more clear ideal image of how I wanted to make my presentation look like. And for the emphasis part, maybe I should memorize the last lines (the main message) so that I could speak in more fluent way without getting stuck. In addition, I thought that maybe I should speak louder because when I watch the video of my presentation, I always have to put the volume in max to hear my voice.
3. Use of body language? (posture, gestures, eyes, face)
Reflection:
My goal was to stay calm and to give appropriate gestures. I noticed that I crossed my legs when standing to make myself relax but I thought that I might look too relaxed so I would like to avoid that.
I was nervous at first, but as I started my presentation, I think I started to feel comfortable presenting and became a little calm. I think I gave appropriate gestures, too.
Ideas for Improvement:
For my next presentations, I would avoid crossing my legs and be careful of my standing posture. Kaya also recommended me to have a little more gesture at the end, so I would like to think about gestures before presenting since I didn't do that this time and the gestures were all natural.
4. Use of visuals?
Reflection:
My goal was to use many images and also images that are using the slide fully, and I think that I achieved that goal. However, the title of my presentation "My Passion" could of have been better. But I think that I was able to give some visual impact by using actual pictures of me dancing since many people said that they liked the real pictures I used.
Ideas for Improvement:
Since I had more slides than the other presentations my friends gave, I should reduce the slides of the presentation.
5. Preparation & rehearsal process?
Reflection:
I think that the rehearsal I've done was very effective in memorizing the context. However,I should have thought about gestures or standing posture, too.
Ideas for Improvement:
For the next presentation, I would like to simulate the presentation and rehearse with gestures, caring about standing posture, volume of the voice, etc. and be prepared 100% fully. I thought that I should rehearse as if I am giving the real presentation.
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