Today, the last 3 groups presented to our class. They had all learned from SOME of our big mistakes, but definitely didn’t cover all of the problems they had learned in the last 2 classes. The majority of the presenters were also very nervous, because this was the last day of presentations, and they were the groups that had the advantage of learning from our previous mistakes, to make the best possible slide show a audience could ask for.
First off, not many of them moved around the room. Maybe this was because of how the small path around the projector is, or just because of the pressure they had felt when presenting. They still all only stood in one place, and didn’t really make gestures while talking to the audience, which then just looks like they’re bored and not happy to be presenting to us, which is very disrespectful to the audience. Another terrible problem I saw was the lack of eye contact. The presenters all looked at one of these 3 places for their whole presentation. The slides(which aren’t for you to look at), the ground, or the ceiling. There’s nobody there, the audience is right in front of you! A lot of people might be shy or embarrassed by having to take eye contact, but this is one of the main points of sending the message to the audience.
These were some of the mistakes I found in the presentations, and I hope that everyone who was watching will learn from it, for more experience in our lives.
First off, not many of them moved around the room. Maybe this was because of how the small path around the projector is, or just because of the pressure they had felt when presenting. They still all only stood in one place, and didn’t really make gestures while talking to the audience, which then just looks like they’re bored and not happy to be presenting to us, which is very disrespectful to the audience. Another terrible problem I saw was the lack of eye contact. The presenters all looked at one of these 3 places for their whole presentation. The slides(which aren’t for you to look at), the ground, or the ceiling. There’s nobody there, the audience is right in front of you! A lot of people might be shy or embarrassed by having to take eye contact, but this is one of the main points of sending the message to the audience.
These were some of the mistakes I found in the presentations, and I hope that everyone who was watching will learn from it, for more experience in our lives.
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