Pres.2 Pecha Kucha

This is my Pecha Kucha; https://w3.icu.ac.jp/people/payne/kanas.html

Reflection
I think Pecha Kucha is friendly to audience because audience can know what a speaker really want them to know and also audience can concentrate on the presentation since they know a presentation lasts only 6 or 7 minutes.
After I had PK presentation, I realized that it's difficult to summarize what I tell audience in only 20 slides and 20 seconds.
When I was having a presentation, I felt that what I was talking was reaching to nobody.
I thought it was because what I was talking was hard to understand since it was about a religion and what is really unfamiliar to audience and because how I was talking and my English may be really bad.
However, after the reflection in class, I realized PK is somewhat a one-way argument and that is also one of the reasons why I felt above.
Therefore, I like PK as audience but I do not like PK as a presenter.

In the second presentation, I especially paid attention to the volume of my voice because I really surprised that it was hard to hear my voice in the first presentation.
Since I paid attention to it, the volume was improved at this time.
I was settled down better than the first time. 
On the other hand, I stumbled many times even when I spoke correct words in the right way.
I stopped saying a word or a sentence and restated again many times.
This was because I did not have confidence in my English and did not rehearsal the presentation enough. Also, I tended to read my note rather than see audience.
So, in the next time, I have to pay attention to voice, posture and preparation.

Pres. No.1 Self-Analysis

Self-Analysis

1. Voice (Volume, rate, pausing, emphasis etc)

Reflection: 

     The volume was much lower than I had expected while I did not murmur. It is because I do not have confidence of speaking English since I tend to speak loudly when I speak Japanese. Due to the voice in low, the emphasis of the voice did not work at all.

Goals: 

     Speak in appropriate voice ( more loudly) whether I can talk fluently or not. Then, pay attention to rate, pausing and emphasis.

2. Body Language (Eye contact, gestures, posture etc)

Reflection: 

     eye-contact- I tried to face to whole audience. I know I tend to look right upward when I am nervous, so I tried to avoid that, but I  couldn’t.

     gesture- I cared about the gestures but I could not use it effectively. I moved only my right hand sometimes.

     posture- straight, not slouching and I stayed.

Goals: 

     Get used to speaking public through AEP class and try to be myself, facing to everyone. Watch and imitate presenters’ gestures by TED and the instructers.

3. Visuals (Images or text on slides, timing etc)

Reflection: 

     I tried to avoid typical ICU students’ slides (many fonts and charts).

Goals: 

     Keep making slides simple and memorable.

4. Preparation Process (Topic selection, notes, visuals creation, rehearsals

etc)

Reflection: 

     topic selection- I think topic was interesting to everyone. And it was easy to have a presentation for me because topic was successfully narrowed.

     notes- I prepared speaking note, but everyone did not seem to see any notes. Though I had many rehearsals, I needed to see speaking notes because I was very nervous and I forgot what to say.

Goals: 

     Use speaking notes effectively. Note should be contained appropriate amount of information. Not just having rehearsals many times, but imaging real presentation.

5. Any other reflections or goals?

     Have an expressive face. When I am nervous, I tend to just smile. Like intonation in voice, I would like to change my facial expression such as serious and smile.

Presentation No.1 "My Passion"