Presentation is one of the many channels in interpersonal communication. My strength in my presentation skill is that I am confident to present to a crowd. As for my weakness, I rely heavily on script for my presentation. There was this instance that I was chosen for a presentation that involved elaboration on holy song for my duty in my temple. Every speaker will be allocated 15 minutes for the whole presentation. One presentation consists of one read through by audience, elaboration on the meanings of the song by the speaker and singing of the song twice by the audience. Time allocation for each segment depends on the length of the song. I am still able to remember my horrid first presentation vividly.

Before the presentation, preparatory work must be done. In my case, I consulted one of the seniors in the temple to understand more about the meanings of the song. Thus I recorded notes on what he told me word for word. I memorized them so that I will able to present the content so as not to disgrace myself in front of audience. Before the presentation, I felt nervous and worried that I might screwed up. During presentation,my mind blanked out. I experienced stage fright as this was my first time, "er,hmphh,ar" were only words that came out from my mouth. As I could not elaborate further, I decided to end my presentation with the last segment of singing the song twice by the audience. After the presentation end, I walked down the aisle with mixed feelings. I was relieved that presentation was over and disappointed for not be able to present well.

Plucking courage to present was what I had done the best, and failure on conveying information was what I had done the worst. I analyzed my performance and approach after the presentation and realized that memorizing is not the best way. Understanding the holy songs meanings is the best way to present as I will be able to share on my understanding of the songs meanings. Besides that, the information that I want to convey to the audience must be processed first.Processes like packaging in terms of forming and arranging the sentence structures. Reviewing the sentences in terms of filtering and correcting grammar mistakes. These processes allows the information to be convey to the audience in order to achieve effective communication.

Commented from GROUP E:
Marcus
Lin Zaw

Commented from GROUP F:
Zong Hong
Mei Ying
Rati

Edited 06/02/2016