PART 2 - REFLECTION AND FEEDBACK (WRITTEN)

Part 2 - Reflection and Feedback

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Part 2 - Reflection and Feedback

3. Reflection on my Presentation Preparation

a. The approach for planning my presentation

Preparation of presentation is typically overwhelming experience and it entails fundamental strategies as well as steps that assist in breaking down them into more manageable tasks (Brett, 2019).

I analyzed the audience I was to address in bid to obtain certain fundamental information pertaining to their backgrounds, values, as well as interests, which consequently enable me to understand what the audience members might imagine from my presentation (Harris et al., 2017). Consequently I selected an appropriate topic that is of interest to the audience and me. It is typically much easier to deliver a presentation that the audience finds pertinent, as well as more enjoyable to research.

Thirdly, I defined the objectives of the presentation in a single concise statement. Moreover, the objective mainly specifies exactly those things audiences require to learn from my presentation (Brett, 2019). Moreover, based on the objective coupled with the level of the content on the period I will undertake to deliver my entire in regard delivering background knowledge of the audience.

b. Rehearsing for the presentation

Rehearsal mainly entails praxis, which typically refers to the process of putting theoretical knowledge into practice via a steady cycle of conceptualizing the connotation of the things that can be learned from experience. I rehearsed through undertaking analysis and synthesis by incorporating stimulated experience (Brett, 2019).

During this analysis and synthesis period, i broke down the rehearsal into diverse chunks for analysis, worked with the relatively smaller areas, and consequently strive for the synthesis (Harris et al., 2017). I practiced diverse means of really expressing ideas by determining the best one. Moreover, I used practiced different styles of delivery like speaking either relatively faster or slower.

C.Better suggestions for the preparation in the future

For relatively better preparation in the future, I will utilize my stimulated experience by recording my work to view it later as well as having a trusted friend to assess and offer appropriate feedback.

4. Using Feedback to Refine my Communication

a) Feedback received on my verbal communication from the week 8 Discussion Board

It was noted that I need to improve on my non verbal communication cues, my listening skill as well as my clarification of facts. Non-verbal communication is deemed to be imperative for effective communication and it includes tonal variation, voice quality, making eye contact with the audience, as well as maintaining suitable body movement (Brett, 2019). Moreover, it considered to be easier easy to communicate using non-verbal communication since it aids in passing the information as well as resonating with the audience.

It was also noted that I ought to use encouraging words alongside non-verbal gestures like head nods, a warm facial expression as well as maintaining eye contact in bid to reinforce openness in other individuals (Harris et al., 2017).

Active listening was also deemed to be a significant skill and yet, i spent far more energy considering that the communicators was going to say at the expense of listening to what the other individuals was striving to say.

b) How I intend to use the feedback to revise and improve your message and/or delivery

In tend to employ significant interpersonal skills like non-verbal communication, listening skills as well as clarification. In would use encouraging words coupled with non-verbal gestures to reinforce openness in others. This will definitely encourage other individual to wholly participate in discussion, show interest in what other individuals have to say, pave the way for improvement as well as maintenance of an association with the audience and decrease shyness in me and others (Brett, 2019).

Moreover, I will also utilize active listening arranging a comfortable environment conducive to the purpose of the communication, being prepared to listen, keeping an open mind as well as concentrating on the main direction of the underlying speaker's message. I would also evade distractions, be objective and avoiding stereotype (Harris et al., 2017). Lastly, I would reflect on the feedback to another person my comprehensions, which entails paraphrasing the message communicated by the speaker in my own words, capturing the essence of the facts as well as feelings expressed. Reflection is significant since it aids in assessing my understanding of the message clearly, making sure that the speaker obtains appropriate feedback pertaining on the way the message is received as well as assisting in demonstrating that I am considering the other individual’s viewpoint.

References

Brett, J. (2019). Reflection Methods. In Evolving Digital Leadership (pp. 287-303). Apress, Berkeley, CA.

Harris, J., Filiplic, J., Nookala, H., & Petrelli, N. (2017). A REFLECTION ON USING FACE-TO-FACE PEER REVIEW AS A METHOD OF PROVIDING FORMATIVE FEEDBACK. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA).