Having to present my work does not usually bother me. I am fairly confident when it some to public speaking especially when I am talking about something I know about, in this case something I designed. Sunday night I found out I was presenting on Friday which was fine but I knew it would be a long wait until it was my turn, but Monday morning I was told to get ready because I was presenting. This somewhat caught me off guard. Although I knew what I wanted to say I was not in the mind set to present. Once I got up in front of my board I realized that I could do this, it was not different from any other speech I had done in the past. I felt confident although I am not sure if it was noticeable. Once I began speaking everything seemed to flow into place. Then the questions came. This part always makes a slightly nervous because I never know what to expect, but this time I was somewhat prepared, I kept thinking of questions that people had asked to the presenters before me and I also went through my design process to make sure I knew the reason for what I did, which helped a lot.
When I was presenting I tried to make sure I kept eye contact but sometimes I know I faced my board in order to show my audience certain things. It really bothered me that I had to do that, I feel like when you are presenting you should always look at your audience.
Usually I feel like critiques are really long and boring but this one actually kept my attention. I really like all the presentations that you could tell people worked really hard on. There were also so many good and creative ideas. I feel like I could have worked harder to be more creative. I actually had so many ideas after I finished my presentation. If I were to do it again I know it would be much better. I know I can improved and I have so many more thing to learn and I can’t wait.
