On the Stage

Last Friday was our presentation day! It was the culmination of all the things that we have learnt our the semester and my team and I were eager to get on and showcase what we have been working on for the past few weeks. We were presenting on our proposal of implementing a buddy system in NUS for new undergraduate students as part of our project coursework.

I remember that the teams had to draw lots to decide the order of presentation. I never had much luck when it comes to picking places so Linna represented our team. She did brilliantly and drew us a number 2!

On the day of the presentation, our group met an hour earlier to practice our presentation and collaborate on what we were going to say. Having presented together once before (during our peer teaching session), I had a lot of confidence in my group mates. I saw how Shi Chie, Linna and Alex performed under the watchful eyes of my classmates and I thought they would do as brilliantly this time round. 

Once again, we stuck to the mantra of "simple is better". We had a simple PowerPoint presentation planned out and put in a couple of funny pictures to help illustrate our points. I made sure that none of the slides were too wordy so that it wouldn't put people off because I always believed that a presentation should involve some actual presenting by the speaker. Other than that, our preparations were quite muted, with each member just reading their own scripts and pacing themselves. The time ticked away and then we entered the classroom to set up.

Just before showtime, our classmates gathered and we were having a rather casual chatting session. It was actually a brilliant way to relax and ease the tension! When Mdm Fazilah announced that we should get started, I just popped onstage and began my piece. The only thing that was bothering me was my sore throat so I felt I rushed through my part a little. By the time I finished my throat felt like a piece of dry parchment. 

Personally, I felt that my group mates once again did a great job during the presentation. Shi Chie prepared cue cards beforehand but didn't use them much at all and engaged the audience well. Linna was poised as ever and Alex really carried the show in the end. The only slight blip was when I was controlling the slideshow but there were a few blips along the way! But we fended off the Q&A session quite calmly at the end and it was a huge relief.

In conclusion, I was really pleased at the our group's performance. I felt that we had a lot of belief in our skills as presenters,thorough knowledge of our content and most importantly confidence in each other. I hope that everyone had a good time at our presentation as well!