Time flies by!!

Well its been a few weeks now since the Oral presentation but I haven't found the time to blog about my experience. I was so nervous going to campus for the first and last time and to put faces to the people I had been communicating with for the past 15 months. I was very fortunate to be giving my presentation to a friendly and supportive group of people and this helped me to feel a lot more at ease.

I found it challenging to communicate everything I had learnt in 15 months into a 10 minute presentation and was not sure if my oral presentation would be sufficient.

If I have any tips for future BAPP students it would be:

• Consider presentation tools such as powerpoint or prezzi (my personal choice) - what communicates your journey and research best?

• Distinguish between your artefact and oral presentation - If you have a slideshow or powerpoint as your artefact, make sure it is different to your oral presentation

• Read the additional reading about delivering an effective presentation - They helped me to think about how I stood, how I spoke and delivered the presentation. (I noticed I had a very bad habit of saying "erm..." and rocking back and forth!)

• Read your presentation aloud and time it

• Write out prompt cards to help you in case you loose track but DO NOT look down and read of them for the whole 10 minutes!

• Pick the most important information and cut anything superfluous 

• DO NOT overload the slides with too much text and small fonts. Make it clear, readable and engaging

• Relax, breathe and speak at a steady pace

Below is the link to my presentation - Hope it helps! x

Oral Presentation Prezzi