My Project

Public Speaking

This semester, I have learned that there are three main categories you need to accomplish to have an interesting presentation. First is the information. Not only having intriguing and fun facts but that you are familiar with your material. Knowing your subject well gives you a further level of confidence and eye contact with the audience. Second in the way you talk. You should talk in a way where you sound confident, so you do not appear nervous. Avoid fidgeting so it doesn’t look like you are trying to get the presentation over with. Lastly, is the way you present yourself. The way you stand, appear, and use hand gestures. If you stand with good posture, apply hand gestures in certain oppurtunities, and look clean and presentalbly, along with all the other tips, you can create an ingriguing presentation where you will maintain the audiences attention.

Collaborating Core Competency Reflection

If there is disagreement within the group, I find it helpful for both sides to present the main ideas and whichever idea the majority of the group wants to apply is used. In this project, this happend several times with the staring ideas. 

Some things I think about before dividing tasks among group members include, peoples strengths, and where different people would fit well to complete the assignment quickly with good quality. 

One of the ways I ensure my group is clear on the common purpose is to review the critera as a group when we are first put together. This way, we are all familiar with the assignment and have the same thoughts towards the criteria. 

I show others that I truly value their contributions by verbaly thanking them, or thanking them in a form of work. If someones work is really well done, I could volunteer to do some of that persons work in appreciation. 

One goal I have going forward when working with people I am not familiar with, is trying to include missing persepectives in a group. Because of the fact that I am not familiar with working with people I do not know, I haven’t had the oppurtunity to practice the ability to include people who might be shy. I can improve this by simply making an extra effort to try and notice others in a group.