Critical Reflection 2

During the presentation showcase, the presentation of team Dendrophilous has captured my attention.

The topic content was to implement rainwater harvesting at the future SIT@Punggol campus. Though the slides were too long, the team has shown a detailed presentation. It makes its easy for the audience to follow through the presentation and understand the proposal in depth. As they were from the same effective communication class as me, the improvements in their presentation skills were clearly evident. All members had little reference to their slides and maximized their eye contact with their audience. Their knowledge of the topic and familiarization with their slides was seen through the confidence in their communication. The presentation slides consist of minimal words and was visually appealing. The images used provided a clear picture of what they have intended in their proposal. In terms of progression, their flow of slides was smooth and the appropriate transitional phrases were used. Although some members made pauses while presenting, they remained calm and carried on with their presentation. Some managed to intentionally use the pauses for flow of ideas and to make it seem more conversational.  Two of their team members have a good voice projection to keep the audience engaged. On the whole, they were comfortable and natural when responding to questions.

To make their presentation even better, they could have considered making their slides more concise. Since there are other available rainwater harvesting techniques utilized by PUB, they could have tapped on their resources (e.g. videos) to show the sustainability of this technique. To actively engage their audiences, they could have used surveys (through mobile phones) or trigger activities at the start about water recycling at their own homes.