Comment #2
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Link to comment: https://uugroupithaquablog.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/presentation-day-for-alpha/ Hi Alexander! I am happy that I am the one who is tasked with reviewing this blog. I was a part of the second to last group to present, so I can definitely relate to much of what you wrote. I am however not content with my own performance, since I thought I wouldn’t be able to deal with the pressure of presenting to so many people in English. I was like you nervous so I had a script prepared, but once I stood there ready to present I realized that I didn’t need it. I think this was good practice for all of us project managers, it certainly was not as bad as I had imagined it would be. Going back to your post, I think it is reasonably clear what you did. In the future you could think of having the things flow in an order that makes sense. With that I mean, for example, in the beginning of your text, you write about conducting the alpha presentation today. You then talk about things you did before, but it is not obvious right away that you are talking about things you did previously. It is just something minor to think about, to make the text flow better. The content itself is fine, just the order it is presented, if that makes sense. You can only say so much about how you made a power-point presentation and decided speaking orders, so I think you did a good job of being clear about what you did and how you did it. You explained why you did things (for example why you felt that you had to take the first slides and introduce your team). I think overall the process of explaining the how what and why of the process was great. In terms of value of the post, this post has more of a personal tone. You tell us how you were nervous, how you felt that you had a responsibility of leading the opening of the presentation, and so forth. I think that this is one way to do these blog posts. For me personally, I like this kind of style just as much as a more in-depth analysis of a problem or a theory. While I did not necessarily learn anything new, I still enjoyed this post quite a bit. It is not always obvious that people are nervous. I could honestly not tell when you presented that you were particularly nervous. Like you said, I think you did a good job presenting. Still it feels good that more people felt the same way I did about presenting, even a person that seemed really confident like yourself. For future posts I would love if it was not just a big block of text. I also would like you to go more in-depth on certain things and how you did it. I think many of us actually care and want to learn how other project managers manage their groups. We learn from each other and I am genuinely curious about the specifics of how you do things with your team. Best, Michael Degirmen  |