December 17, 2015, by Lisa Chin
Give it a try!
This post is written by Yin Leng Kua, PhD candidate, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering.
Often, I tell this to the undergraduate students during tutorial classes. I applied this on myself, as I have been involved in most of the presentation opportunities that came to me. Since April 2014, I had presented for a symposium on foods, a palm oil seminar, Engineering Research Showcase 2014, 1-min quick fire, Research Showcase 2015 and the most recent 3MT 2015. Thanks to the Graduate School, I was also given a chance to have a 3-min video recording to talk about my research and to present my poster to the UK judges through video conferencing. In 2014 and 2015, I was also invited to present my works to the UK delegates.
I am not a skillful presenter really. In fact, I have difficulty on public communication. I have fear to speak to those I am not familiar with. Before I enrolled as a PhD student, I was so curious about poster presentation. I am really happy to read the posters and to know about the research projects. However, I will never ever approach the presenter. If that person comes to me, I will try my best to escape form the scene.
Poster presentation is crucial for a PhD student and/but it was a nightmare during the first few months of my study. As the first step to overcome the fear, I decided to present in a symposium after 4 months of my study. I remember that day when I could hardly eat anything and forced a smile on my face to look friendly. The outcome was surprising as I received only positive and constructive feedback from the audience. All of them were being very kind and some of them were actually interested in my works. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who spared their time for me. The results of my first poster presentation turned out great as I was awarded as the best poster presenter.
Since it only happens during this time of my study life, just GIVE IT A TRY!!
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