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Freitag, 30. September 2011

A Treasure Trove - my first presentation

Hello everybody,

Due to the fact I cannot find my first PPt presentation for this course anymore I want to talk about it.
Dealing with presentation disasters (click to see the article) is the title. However, I do not want to go in detail about the article, moreover I want to talk about my experience and how I felt before and after the presentation.

I have to be honest, I did not prepare the presentation very well due to the fact we did not receive grades. However, I was not nervous at all. So I went in front of the class and hold my presentation. I received comments from Wouter and Jaap. Both said that I had some good and interesting points and I used short and clear sentences but I could put more effort in to the slides of the PPt. Furthermore, the overall PPt was to colorful.
In addition, I received some critics from our teacher Miryam Wijnhoven as well. I had lots of grammar mistakes and talked most of the time in an informal way. I said words like 'guy' or 'gonna' instead of taking my time to say 'going to'. 
My indicative grade (which became my favorite word in the first weeks of my English course) was 6.65. I was not very happy about my grade. Nevertheless, it was a lesson for me and I knew what I have to take care holding a presentation.
Furthermore, everyone has to hold a presentation, which counts for 25% in week 50 and 2. So I am curious if I can improve my English and my presentation skills and score a high grade.

One very important point in the article 'Dealing with presentation disasters', which I will always remember is you have to keep smiling! It does not matter what happen be relaxed, show that you feel comfortable and SMILE!!!



Even top managers and CEO like Bill Gates might have a presentation failure, but you can see that he keeps smiling, makes fun about the mistake and continues.

And here is my feedback by my teacher:



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