Demonstration Presentation Reflection
Strengths
While I was watching my demonstration presentation the first thing I noticed that constant enthusiasm. At the beginning of the video I saw myself being overly excited about presentation, and I thought this excitement would decrease during demonstration. However, the last minutes of presentation, even question-answer part, I observed that I was still in the same level of excitement. So I believe that even though some of my classmates may not be interested in preparing vegan sushi, my passion help me to invoke sympathy from my audience. Unlike the persuasive speech, the demonstrational presentation topic must appeal the audience attention because its purpose is to teach a structure, or steps, of a task. For instance, one of the video showed in the class about how to make a peanut butter sandwich was very common topic, yet the presenter’s distinctive attitude made me to involve in the process. The mood of the presenter, I think, has considerable affects on the audience emotion, and immediate positively emotional feedback also motivates the presenter. Thus I certainly believe that enthusiasm is one of my strength, especially in this presentation, in order to arouse all my audiences’ interest. I hope I can take advantage of this strength as I do my presentations in the future.
Related to audience attention, another strength that I have was continually keeping eye contact with my audience. When I watched the video I observed that my head was turning towards to my classmates and completed a semi-circle, especially as I was showing the sliced pieces and wrapped sushi. Since the semester started, Prof. Frank highly emphasized on how much eye contact is important to tie the audience to an ongoing flow. It is very logical because people are unable to focus on something for a long time. Considering about my presentation, it was one of the last ones and my classmates seem little tired. Yet keeping in touch with them by asking questions and looking to them for confirmation for what I said or asked led them to engage more. Eye contact also makes audience feel that the presenter really care about their reactions, and this affects the result of the presentation. For instance, after the presentation most of my classmates said that they will try to make vegan sushi at home, which means the demonstrational presentation reached its goal: teaching a structure to those who do not have any experience. One of the other things I did during my presentation was that I sometimes asked questions and cracked a joke spontaneously. I believe creating a warm atmosphere is crucial for both audiences and presenters because for audience being on the other side and for presenters feeling stress build barriers for interactions. I felt stress once I started; I saw myself wringing my hands and my face was blushed little. But after I said, “we need a bamboo mat but we are not eating it” and everyone laughed, I heard in the video my voice was not shaking. For the future presentations, I should build on this ability so that I can reduce my stress, especially for the presentations that I feel less comfortable. I also noticed that I explicitly showed each steps, for example how to cut an avocado or to stir rice. I think it is important to clearly explain all step so that the audience can follow the process without questions in their minds. One of the suggestions that Prof. Frank gave was choosing a topic that we feel comfortable. I took this suggestion as starting point so I looked one that I have experiences in and I am knowledge about it. Since I have the knowledge and experience in making vegan sushi, it helped to maintain various task such as controlling slides, keeping appropriate tone of my voice and posture as continuing to prepare the sushi. For instance, in a part of video I realized that I was wrapping up the nori as I was talking about seaweed and I also hold up my head to look at my audience. Besides, while I was talking about the benefit of sushi, I used my fingers to emphasize its importance. Also, I never turn back to audience even though I was pointing out on Power Point slides.

Improvements
The first thing I notice when I was watching the video was I was using some filling words such as “uuhm” and “ahhmm” when I was conveying information. For instance, I was explaining the stores where seaweed can be purchased such as Asian stores, and I could not remember Dominic’s market and I filled this gap with “uhmm.” However, I used less filling words comparing to my previous presentation. Therefore, I should find a tactic that can help me when I am unable to find proper English words, names, or data. One of the ways came to my mind when I watched the videos was that I could simply restated what I had already said, for instance “ Asian stores and other stores, it is not hard to find. Dominick’s is one of those stores.” In addition to filling words, I must less rely on notecards or handouts because I think they effect my control over the presentation; even though I see the notecards such a guarantee that helps me not to skip any information, those information cards cause me also to focus on them.
Second thing I noticed that my speaking pace was good for people to understand the process, yet my action pace was little slow. For instance when I put the rice on seaweed and wrapping the sushi up, it took almost four minutes, which was far more than I practiced at home. I watched the video I noticed that I should have had an alternative when I noticed I was behind the timing. Hence I should time my self not in overall presentation but should time in each part or section of the presentation so I can control my pace in overall and finish it on time.

Comparing skills and Suggestions for Future
In my persuasive speech critique paper I wrote that I am good at researching data and information in order to persuade the audience. Even though this skill was not observed obviously, I used my researching skill to find how I can present my demonstration. So I think each presentation I had a chance to discover a new ability of my self while I am still relying on my strong parts. For next presentation I acknowledge that delivering informative speech is important as well as delivering it with enthusiasm. I also mentioned in my paper that time management is one of my strength part, yet in this presentation was an improvement part due to demonstration presentation is compound of verbal and action, which was a handicap for me as being a person who is still improving her time management ability.
In the previous paper I indicated that I was unable to control unnecessary movement. I actually did not notice too many movements during the presentation, yet I had to stay at a certain place so I cannot compare this skill. On the other hand, in this presentation I used balanced hand gestures so I can say I took control of my body.
I wish I could use sliced vegetables rather than whole one so I can save time. Related to that, I should have conveyed less extra information for ingredients such as how many cups of water they need for brown rice or why they must prefer tamari sauce instead of soy sauce.
One of the things I will always apply is that using a structure of presentation. I definitely believe that one of my successes for this presentation was totally stick on the structure such as attention gathering, opening sentence, summary, closing sentence, and action sentence. All of those made my presentation memorable, so I can say structures are beneficial to enhance the success of the presentation.
For future, I will focus on small details such as timing each part and tight to this timing plan. To continue taking advantages of structure plan, I will always prepare an outline but not a notecard. For instance, in my evaluator speech I went over my fair to skip some information because I realized that I can speak without card, which was a suggestion from Prof. Frank.

Alina’s Critique
Alina mentioned that I should have reviewed my steps before I started the process. I agree with her opinion I might have said all steps at the beginning rather than at the end. But I thought it would be a good summary if I did it at the end. Yet her critique remind me considering your audience and their differences, for some of them, who may not know sushi at all, following the all steps can be difficult. Another comment of her was about my enthusiasm that led her to try the sushi. I also agree with her on that; the more the presenter is willing to share her demonstration the more the audience will engage with it. Her mostly rated 5 for all section, and I appreciate her motivational and developmental feedbacks.

Estimee
Estimee also said that the continuous enthusiasm was seen during presentation, which I also stated it as being one of my strengths. She stated that I was confident during presentation and it is because of practicing many times before the presentation. Her observation is meaningful because it made to acknowledge that practicing has impact on reducing stress and consequently presenting confidence. She also stated that the steps were clear, which I also mentioned by saying I certainly followed the structure. I appreciate her all motivational feedback. Yet, I wish Estimee could have given more developmental feedback and some detail, so I can consider about them.

Prof. Frank
First of all Prof. Frank provided detail feedback, which I really like because I can see which parts I should improve and which parts I should keep. She stated that my visual aid were clear, and to tell the truth I spent so much time on preparing a proper slides in terms of font, pictures, background view, clear and short sentences. Another comment from her was about my pace. I am happy she also noticed that I spoke in a slow pace in contrast to my previous presentation. Her comment and my critique also align with eye contact and hand gestures. So she leads me to notice the important of hand gestures while making a point. Prof. Frank, Estimee and me all thought the process was clearly explained except Alina. Yet I am convinced that the process was understood because Prof. Frank wrote down all steps on my paper. On the other hand, she indicated that the presentation was very long, which I also agree due to the fact that I could not speed up my movements during presentation.

Myself
I would award my self between 5 and 6 because it was energetic, informative, clear and well structured. All of these components are important to deliver a demonstrational presentation. I really liked the presentation when I saw my self confident and happy. Yet, I must improve my timing skills and to make arrangement if it is necessary.
Overall, stress management is definitely the most important accomplishment I am proud of. I would never imagine myself giving a demonstrational presentation or persuasive speech in front of audiences. So I learn that stress can be controlled by practice and motivation. There is no doubt that providing templates and samples of presentation as course material is extremely beneficial, especially for those who are new in the field and fairly have experience in public speech.