Two days before the presentation, I was stressing out. I had a math exam exactly the day after the presentation and I had to edit my essay for my rhetoric class as well. I had to manage my time carefully so that I would be able to finish all my homework and focus on all three assignments. I published the survey five days before the presentation was due, so collecting results was not really a main concern of mine. I also interviewed four people a day before the presentation which was a bit time consuming because I had to trim and edit the videos so that the four videos in total would not exceed a whole minute. Later, I had to write my whole speech which took around two hours because I had to discuss the results and analyze them rather than come up with new results or a conclusion on my own. I felt so ready to present my presentation to my fellow classmates and I wanted to perform it and tell everyone about how I explored the differences between the two cities.
On the day of the presentations, I felt confident while presenting because I knew that I researched enough and I put a lot of effort into it. Though I believe that there still is room for improvement which I hope to achieve next time. I also did not really like the way I stood and presented because I had to go to the laptop and play the videos which also took some time and I think I crossed my time limit. As for the content of my presentation, I chose to carry out two types of field research methods, a survey and an interview, which made my results appear more credible and reliable. I also presented evidence in the form of visuals, to attract the attention of the audience. So overall I think that I did pretty well this time especially that I had my speech memorized. I held two notecards with my hand consisting of four bullet points but I did not use them at all and felt so proud of myself.
Regarding other people’s presentations, I honestly think that everyone improved from previous presentations and did a pretty good job. Jack, for example, chose to interview people as his field research method and he showed us all the evidence in a clear way which helped us, the audience, connect with him. He wrote down all the answers that the interviewee answered on a PowerPoint and we were able to read it and follow up with him. I also realized how much effort Jack put into his investigation since he went to several bike shops, located in different parts of the city, just to interview them and collect evidence. He even showed the class one of the bike owners’ business card and this in a way engaged us, the audience, and grabbed our attention.
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