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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Lessons from a presentation

Today, Sören [http://learn-academic-english.blogspot.com/] and I held a presentation on a major cost-cutting package to help a car manufacturing company to improve their results. We were the financial consultants of Tompkins and Kosters and we had to devise a plan to rejuvenate their company. To come up with a decent plan, we held a meeting beforehand. In this meeting, we discussed the options we had to cut costs within the company and how they could increase their sales. I learned some very valuable lessons from this presentation, and especially from the feedback we got on it.
  1. Don't use the phrase "Second of all, ...". "First of all, ..." exists, but after using this phrase, you have to use "Secondly", "Thirdly", et cetera. I made that mistake along with some of my classmates;
  2. Be specific about your plans;
  3. Prepare yourself for specific questions on your plans and how you want to execute them;
  4. Make sure that the graphs you use in your presentation have a clear legend and that measurements are clearly specified; 
  5. Be careful with using capitals in your presentation.
It is very important that I keep these lessons in mind. I will do the graded pair presentations in week 51 with Marijn and it will be about Erstaunliche Autos again. We can improve the rejuvenation package for this presentation and I can keep all this feedback in mind to ensure that I receive a high grade for it. 

You can find the presentation below: 
Presentation EA (Version 2.0)
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2012 at 11:27 AM

    Your presentation looks amazing!It's funny you used the logo EA, really creative.
    What I also like is the fact that you give your readers some tips. It shows you evaluated your presentations and that you've learned from the feedback people gave you. Really important to remember these things, after all it makes you a better presenter. I'm sure you're next presentation will be perfect!

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    1. Peter JesseJanuary 17, 2012 at 6:13 PM

      Thank you for your comment! I hope you learned something from it.

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  2. Hedde WeermanJanuary 17, 2012 at 9:34 PM

    Hey Peter!
    First of all, I found it interesting to read about your experiences abroad in Australia. I have read that you worked much, but did you also traveled much? I can imagine that it is great living in Australia. Furthermore, I think your EA presentation is very good. A very smart move indeed to use the EA Games logo. I have to admit it was an inspiration for my presentation haha. As you know, I failed a little bit on the topic infrastructure (and topography) of India and I was wondering, did you take the infrastructure in to account in your presentation?

    Cheers!

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    1. Peter JesseJanuary 17, 2012 at 10:53 PM

      Hey Hedde!

      I traveled a lot around the country as well. It is indeed amazing to live in Australia, the people are great and the country is stunning.

      We took the infrastructure into account as well. I have traveled from Chengdu, China through Tibet and Nepal to India. That is how I know about the situation and the infrastructure over there ;). You just had a bit of bad luck. Better luck next time :).

      See you!

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