Presentation Evaluation

Presentations are definitely not one of my strongest points. I struggle with the confidence to present my work vocally infront of an audience no matter how small. Having completed my presentation I can say that for me it was quite successful. It forced me to review my work in a way that would make sense to others unfamiliar to my project. It also allowed me to make sense of my own work as being involved in such a long project can sometimes make you lose track and sense of direction. I do not find it easy to link elements of a project together in a way that flows. Sometimes a sense of direction or successful direction can only be identified and established at this point. I now feel more inspired about what I need to do in order to push my work forward. Even though we have weekly tutorials, it isn't often that I take in my whole project to that point as more often it's new work since the last tutorial. Having to include aspects of my whole project in the presentation encouraged me to be reflective and focused as a whole and identify a clearly directed path. I am not quick at stimulating work and listening into other peoples presentations on their work encouraged me to realise the potential in mine. It helped me to see how other people summarised their projects and what they felt their own key points were. It was also beneficial to see the ideas people had chosen to work with and how they manipulated this through creative processes. I feel that another positive thing to come from the half way review presentation is that I am also going to have some tutorials with Teresa. My work is clearly more directed towards a print outcome and although Lynn gives me a constructive input overall, Teresa will be able to fill the gaps of a printers knowledge. Based on the feedback I received on my presentation, my next step is to build upon this and successfully move my work forward with a new focused and informed approach.