Presentation results
Yesterday was my BPI presentation at our directors'
all-hands meeting. That was terrifying, but I think I did
ok. I estimate there were about 150+ people there. My
personal to myself feedback: I made good eye contact across the
whole audience and didn't use too many 'ahhs' and 'umms'. I also
got the only laugh during the three BPI presentations. What I
need to work on: I didn't move around very much and use the floor
space and I found myself sometimes reading off the slides on the screen
behind me. I did have a few people tell me afterwards that it was
good and some others that asked questions or had ideas, so I know
atleast some were paying attention.
The other presenters went through the actual BPI
process and detailed findings on each of the steps, and were dry to me
(admittedly I was nervous and not paying a lot of attention).
They stood right next to the screen and read from it and pointed out
items, so I don't feel so bad about my not moving around a lot and only
reading a little. They were partially hidden behind the podium
while I was to the side and in front of it. They also went a
little over their 10 minutes. For mine, I just gave an overview
of the history of the project, current status and issues, changes being
made, and expected positive results. All very high level
stuff. I had 6 slides to their 20+ and mine only took about 6
minutes. With it being so late in the day I'm sure some people
were probably appreciative of that. :)
End result, I made it through alive and it seemed to
go over ok. I was very nervous standing up there, but I did
it. I just need to keep putting myself in those situations so I
can improve, even if the voice in my head is screaming no.