Doing a workshop with
Ian Anderson was such a good opportunity that I didn’t want to miss, therefore
I thought that I would send him an illustration of himself, as that was the
most appropriate entry I could think of. At the start of this workshop I was
very sceptical about the fact that I have a lot of briefs I am currently
working on, also my dissertation, and I am currently being asked to do
something pointless for an hour. I thought that this would be wasting time that
I didn't have enough of anyway. Because the task I did for an hour was really
pointless and didn't take a lot of thinking, I had time to think about what I
would do for the documentation. I also had time to just think about nothing and
get a bit of mind space.
After this I was
ready to document and get on with making my presentation. This has taught me
that when I am stuck with a brief or start to panic about time, I will just
take an hour out to do something completely irrelevant. This will allow me to
get some head space, so that I can come back fresh. Doing this is something
that I will take forward with me in other briefs and have learnt from whilst
doing this pointless task.
I have also been able
to work on my presenting skills, which was the most important part of the
workshop for me. This is because we had to present something pointless and
explain why it was pointless, therefore it was all about the presenting skills,
and presenting to someone outside of the course put more pressure on it and made
more important and realistic. This workshop has been really helpful and I have
really enjoyed it, and something I have taken from it is that presentation
skills are so important.
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