I’ve enjoyed taking this course, Strategic Presentation, and have especially enjoyed how the course has allowed me to familiarize myself with different formats of electronic communication. I’ve definitely learned the importance of tailoring the format of your content depending on your audience. For example, the final project of a podcast was interesting to do because it felt very personal to the audience, despite having the topic be largely impersonal and mostly informative. I’ve also enjoyed writing blog posts with a specific audience in mind, which really causes me to be critical of what I post, and if it will be of interest to anyone. It has also been enjoyable to familiarize myself with the wordpress site format, which is something I will definitely take with me in the future. Creating a website that feels like “me” but also can relate to others is a great exercise. It was fun designing the theme and header to make it my own. I also enjoyed using different tools to create the screencast tutorial, which is something I never would have thought to do. A screencast is a unique tool to convey information that would be lost if just delivered visually, or through auditory means. It combines both of these elements, in a step-by-step nature to give a clear explanation. This is definitely a tool I will use in my future career and endeavors. I also really enjoyed the exercise of creating the podcast. Recording it made me ultra conscious of how I communicate- I was finding myself recording many “ums” and “uhs” and had to rerecord to get rid of these word whiskers. In this way, it was a nice exercise to see how I can communicate eloquently and concisely. It was also fun to give information from essentially a research project in a novel format of podcasting! I’d definitely feel comfortable and confident in creating a podcast in the future as a result of this course.
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