10/21/19

In today’s class, some teams got their feedback on the presentations but unfortunately, we didn’t get chosen. So in the time we had in class, I worked on editing and updating my blogs and overall had a relaxing class. However, before starting to give feedback, Mr. Paterson talked about a case they had in the third year class where 3 computers couldn’t connect to the internet well and in the end, had to use someone’s personal computer for their presentation. Usually, in these kinds of cases, the mouth speaker would be the one explaining the situation and just start the presentation without their slides. This is only realistic in a few minute delays, whereas the group he talked about had to stall for about ten minutes. Mr. Paterson told us in these kinds of situations, we must improvise even if everything isn't according to plan, and make the best out of it. He gave us advice that if this situation happened to us, make the audience relaxed as possible. Make a few jokes here and there, and maybe even just give them some free time and tell them to be back in five minutes. This lets the audience know that you're handling the situation, and it looks more professional as a presenter.

This had me think that in all three jobs, the mouth speaker is probably the most difficult one to take on. You must be good at socializing with people, and the responsibility of starting the presentation off well is a major task for just one person. The other two jobs, the head and the heart speakers, do have their difficulties as well, but they are almost guaranteed to not have some unexpected situation to be thrown at them during their presentation. I now have a higher level of respect for the mouth speakers and want to learn from what kind of actions they take in order to save their team and presentation.