Presentation

Above is an online version of the presentation I gave as part of the module. Before putting together the presentation, I did some research into how others conduct their presentations. This included watching TED talks as it gave me a variety of ideas on techniques and methods for a coherent and engaging presentation.

I also learnt a lot from the presentation I gave previously as practice. Some of the things that I learnt from that experience and then implemented included using more visuals and more slides as I spoke so that the audience would have something else to look at other than me which in turn took the pressure off a little. I also rehearsed it several times both on my own and to my friends so that I was confident and sure of the order in which I had put the slides.

A talk that inspired me the most and who I mentioned within the presentation was the one in Berlin during the visit to the Pentagram office. The man who spoke to us was very relaxed and easy going from the start and that made us as an audience relax as well. I aimed to do this when presenting my own by making a joke at the start and speaking in a calm, slow voice.

I think in all the presentation went really well as I remembered to say everything I had prepared and I didn't get too over whelmed or forget my lines. By the end of the presentation I was very comfortable in front of the audience and in fact I could have carried on for a while longer as I really started to enjoy myself. Public speaking is something that I think I could get really confident at and then become one of my strongest skills. This is an extremely useful skill to have in the working world, especially in Graphic Design as very often I will have to pitch my ideas to clients and no matter how good the idea is, I will have to explain it to them as well as possible which requires good public speaking skills.