Going up to present my pitch made me nervous. I'm not good at public speaking. I blew my SBG speech since I could barely read the paper because I didn't stop shaking. Nerves. I felt myself shiver as I was going up there. Nerves. I walked up in front of the class and looked at everyones eyes staring at me boldly. Nerves. An amazing presentation had just been given by the group before me, and I was supposed to go up there and debate against them. Nerves. I felt my entire body shake, I took a deep breath and started arguing on what I thought and expressing my ideas in the best way possible. Nerves. I paused, looked around the classroom to find everyones eyes, and once I did I felt as if I couldn't go on with this presentation. Nerves. I looked at Mr. Topf and kept my eyes constantly looking at him while I spoke, I felt more comfortable doing this. Nerves. When the presentation was over I sat on my chair. Nerves.
Even though I kept on thinking that this presentation was a total failure I learned so much from it. Since it was an informal presentation I received a lot of constructive feedback from my peers in the Innovation Academy. They told me that I did everything well but that next time I should improve my eye contact and look at everyone and not only at Mr. Topf. This would've helped me improve what I was trying to deliver.
Even though I kept on thinking that this presentation was a total failure I learned so much from it. Since it was an informal presentation I received a lot of constructive feedback from my peers in the Innovation Academy. They told me that I did everything well but that next time I should improve my eye contact and look at everyone and not only at Mr. Topf. This would've helped me improve what I was trying to deliver.