August 2nd, 2010. . . Today was my 15-20 minute presentation on UAVs. During the beginning of my presentation I was crazy nervous. I could feel my heart beating out of control, but finally just had to make myself take a deep breath and play the video in my head saying that I was going to kick. . . butt.
I feel like I went through the first part of my presentation, which was about the history of UAV's, very well. I outlined exactly what I was going to talk about throughout the whole thing, as well as putting an adequete amount of pictures on the slides.
About halfway through my presentation I realized that I was going really fast. When Angela asked me a question, I gave her a quick answer and started to move on. That is the exact moment that I realized my problem. Instead of moving on with the presentation, I gathered my thoughts and answered her question completely.
My presentation got to stuff that I am 100% comfortable talking about during the last 1/4 of my presentation. I felt that was the time that I could relate some of my personal experiences into my presentation. I could then tell the audience why I got interested in UAVs. Also, why I think it is such a neat field to work in or study.
After my presentation was over and I had some time to think about exactly how everything went, I realized that I should have gotten a little more personal with the audience at first. I could have started off by stating how my husband and I met, the experiences that we have been through. The things that I have seen, as well as the places that I have been.
Maybe during the next presentation that I have to give I will remember to be a little more personal, or credibility building. But, overall I feel that my presentation went well!!!
:) :) :)
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