Critical Reflection

Through observing the presenting team’s delivery, I feel that all the teams have provided the audience with a great presentation.

Nonverbal Communication

Presenters have displayed good non-verbal communication such as maintaining good eye contact with the audience despite it being a large crowd. However, some of the presenters have the habit of pacing back and forth as they speak which seem a little distracting, making it difficult to follow what the speaker is presenting on. In addition, other team members who are not presenting could perhaps be seated to prevent distracting the audience as the focus would be shifted to them if they are fidgeting or engaging in a conversation among themselves while their team members are presenting.

Verbal Communication

Good verbal communication is being portrayed as presenters projected their voice despite it being stressful to conduct a presentation in front of the whole cohort and presenting it in the lecture theater instead of the normal classrooms. Additionally, presenters have also demonstrated good articulation of words, making it easy to follow the message that they are trying to bring across.

As when someone is nervous, the presenter would tend to speak at a faster space, however, most of the presenters display good control of their verbal speed. The tone of voice used was also engaging, with emphasis on important keywords, making the presentation enjoyable despite having to be seated for long hours.

Audio visual

All teams have placed good efforts in making their slides interesting by adding in graphics to illustrate their points, making it clear to the point instead of filling their whole presentation slides purely with words. These manage to capture my attention, making it less boring. In addition, I feel that Ribena’s group has done a good job engaging the audience by having us inputting what we feel could be done to improve their video.

Conclusion

In conclusion, I feel that the showcase was educational as I manage to gain some skills on how to handle different interpersonal communication conflicts, which could be applied, not only at a workplace but also in daily life. In addition, the videos being showcased were also creative and interesting, with catchy acronyms, such as thinking on your T.O.E.S and using S.O.L.V.E.R to solve your problems.