Normally, people seem to think that doing a presentation in front of only one person will be easier, as most of the people who have commented so ar have thought. For me personally the first presentaiton was a bit awkward. I had never really done a presentation in front of only one person before so it was something new to me. I found it slighty strange to be making such effort on a presentation for only one person.

Making eye contact with the audience is key to a good presentation, and again having only one person there made this a bit more difficult and intense.

Don’t get me wrong i wouldn’t like to do a presentation in front of a room full but 2 or 3 would be ideal i think.

I wouldn’t worry too much about presentations, they get a lot easier as you go along. There will be more chances for you to practice throughout the course i’m sure.

I defiantly agree that it would be a good opportunity to get to know you better.

Secondly I too was pleasantly surprised at how well the group bonded on Monday. Equally, as I haven’t really had a chance to talk to you though this would be a good opportunity! Hopefully we will all get to know each other a lot better over this term.

First of all I would like to say we all did well on the presentation for a first try I think, though trying to fit i9t all under five minutes was the hardest thing ive ever done, I think the buzzer went off on my third slide, I thought it might go over but not by that much. Though saying this I rearly enjoyed doing the presentation, one it was a way to gather confidence for the future, but I also think that it pulled us together as a group.

About the essay on “Designers Republic” I no what you are saying its hard to work out weather its Design or Art, however what I think is that it’s a mixture but it is design over all, one of the reasons is that the people who run Designers Republic obviously think they are designers by there statement, “Art is shit, shit is Art”, I suppose what this is trying to say is that you can class anything as “Art” but design has more meaning and purpose, IE my thoughts are that design is a form of art but with more purpose and meaning that art has.

thanks, Martyn

I’m glad you found the presentation easier even though it being very nervous at the start, it will open the gateway to many more and hopefully build your confidence in doing them.

First of all well done for the result of your first submission. I hope you are now able to carry this through to the other submissions.

I think that I would have to agree with the comments by Tom; I was very much prepared do the presentation to the whole class.

Thank you for the compliment about being comfortable working with Andy and I.

As I have said before I am sure that between us we will both produce quality group work and keep the discussions in class very interesting.

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Shaun Bellis

To not be doing this kind of threw me off slightly, and rekindled my nerves.