Well... I am more or less done with the intro portion of my practicum. The response so far has been encouraging.. I am going to start on self-talk next week and I am in the midst of finalising the activities which i will be including.
Though I have my stuff ready, I am wondering how to make the sessions more interesting... well at least at interesting as my intro.
Will update later..
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
As the curtain is lifted...
Well.. I know it has been amazingly long hiatus and I have alot to blog about but am gonna keep it brief till my next post as I am tired..
Well I have started my practicum proper from yesterday 21/7 after some delay as I had to rush fro some deadlines at work.
I wanna get my feelings out of the way first and I will post the details later
Feelings over first session - 21/7
It couldn't have been more perfect!! My audience was interactive and I could feel from their vibes that they were being soaked up by what I was sharing! It was totally exhilarating... I had rave reviews and saw my colleagues somewhat glow after the session. For the rest of the day, we shared a certain comradeship found among those who shared secrets. It was awesome really! Needless to say, I was totally revved up for the batch the next day...
Feelings over second session - 22/7
Hmm.. well I would say that this session was so-so. I guess I had been complacent and expected that this too would go seamlessly! Well, not quite. Firstly, I felt that my team leader who wanted to participate in my session was kinda trynna take control. As much as I appreciate her support, I feel that the rest of my team-mates feel a lil reticent with her around. Felt a lil cheesed with some comments she made and she was trynna act bossy. So I have to say the vibes I got from this group was certainly not as positive. Overall, I would rate it as a 5.5/10.
I personally called each of my client to gather feedback. I felt better after that and found out that they were lookin forward to the next session and that was something nice.
And ya know what? As I reflect on both experiences... as much as I loved the first session, I think that it is the second session which allowed me to learn more! Like I should have been more assertive with my TL when she tried to be bossy and also I forgot to mete out some impt instructions... And also because of some of the challenging questions raised, I felt a need to brush up on some of my answers... So there we go! I have done some extra research and improvised on my handout... so yeah like what I read somewhere, there is nothing you can learn more from than negative criticism.
Laterz..
Well I have started my practicum proper from yesterday 21/7 after some delay as I had to rush fro some deadlines at work.
I wanna get my feelings out of the way first and I will post the details later
Feelings over first session - 21/7
It couldn't have been more perfect!! My audience was interactive and I could feel from their vibes that they were being soaked up by what I was sharing! It was totally exhilarating... I had rave reviews and saw my colleagues somewhat glow after the session. For the rest of the day, we shared a certain comradeship found among those who shared secrets. It was awesome really! Needless to say, I was totally revved up for the batch the next day...
Feelings over second session - 22/7
Hmm.. well I would say that this session was so-so. I guess I had been complacent and expected that this too would go seamlessly! Well, not quite. Firstly, I felt that my team leader who wanted to participate in my session was kinda trynna take control. As much as I appreciate her support, I feel that the rest of my team-mates feel a lil reticent with her around. Felt a lil cheesed with some comments she made and she was trynna act bossy. So I have to say the vibes I got from this group was certainly not as positive. Overall, I would rate it as a 5.5/10.
I personally called each of my client to gather feedback. I felt better after that and found out that they were lookin forward to the next session and that was something nice.
And ya know what? As I reflect on both experiences... as much as I loved the first session, I think that it is the second session which allowed me to learn more! Like I should have been more assertive with my TL when she tried to be bossy and also I forgot to mete out some impt instructions... And also because of some of the challenging questions raised, I felt a need to brush up on some of my answers... So there we go! I have done some extra research and improvised on my handout... so yeah like what I read somewhere, there is nothing you can learn more from than negative criticism.
Laterz..
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