As part of the Process and Production module of my course we
were set the task of creating a group presentation about our responses to the
previous brief, in this case it was about the City In Flux. I found the
activity to be useful in honing my presenting and team management skills. To
start with we were placed into random groups of around four and once the group
I was in was together and the lecture had finished we began to create a work-plan.
We then met up later in the week and created a time-plan, as we created a
presentation intro plan later towards the presentation deadline. After reading
the brief several times to ensure we understood what was asked, we then created
a bullet-point list of subjects to cover which then also gave us an estimated
time allowance per person. The presentations were for 15 minutes per group,
with 10 minutes presentation time and 5 minutes questions and reflection. We
worked out this would give each of us around a minute and a half each for our
individual sections and we also allowed a minute spare for any overrun time.
After initial discussion it was decided that I would be the
team leader and we designated the designing, presenting and copywriting roles
to be shared between each of us. I found working as a team was difficult at
points due to communication issues over the holiday period, as each of us had
busy points throughout the holidays which made sticking to the timeframe
difficult. As a result of this we met up a couple of days before the hand in
date and worked through the checklist.
On the actual presentation day one team member was unfortunately
absent, so I stepped up to the mark and read out their individual section. I
had only briefly been talked through their response to the project due to
choosing to present each section in turns, this meaning that I was required to
read from the slides. I have learnt from this that you need to have a back-up
plan for if the initial plan doesn’t work out and also to ensure you understand
your peers’ responses thoroughly in case of absence.
Please see the presentation slides below.
