Report of Jaber presentation

Jaber's presentation  was about Sheikh Zayed Mosque. He did very well in the introduction by defining the name of the mosque and why the government built the mosque. After he finished the introduction, he gave as a  good description of the building and what it consists of. Then, he described the internal decoration. He did a good job in this part by supporting his information with a lot of nice pictures and clips. After that, he talked about the capacity of the mosque. Also , he gave us what is allowed and what is not regarding the food ,drink and clothing in the mosque. After he finished his presentation, he asked the students for any questions. One of the questions was about the number of gates in the mosque and he did very well by answering our questions very clearly.

Report of Salem’s and Jassim’s presentation

Salem’s and Jassim’s presentation was about Robots. Each one of them did well in the introduction. Salem started by introducing the outline of their topic which included the definition of robots, robots history, different types of robots, how robots work, uses of robots, sizes of robots, countries of robots and robots’ future. Then, Jassim started with the first topic, and it was about the definition of robots. In this topic he gave as a little information about what are the robots. After that, Salem started with the second topic which was talking about robots’ history; he included some pictures of the oldest robot. Then, each one of them alternately described the rest of the slides. Both of them did very well in their part, and the design was excellent, because it included many different pictures with few words; also, the animation was excellent too. One thing I didn’t like in their presentation was that Jassim interrupted Salem many times when he was talking. Everything else was excellent. At the end of the presentation both of them did well by giving good answers to the listeners’ questions.

Reflection 1

My reflection on 1st meeting

Our first meeting went well. Almost everything was thoughtful and well made. The chairman opened the meeting by introducing the main things about the problem ; he tried to tell us how to fix it. He was giving the orders and making our work clear. The secretary did well too; he was writing down everything we said. His ideas in solving the problem were excellent too. The participant  helped us  a lot in organizing the meeting; his ideas were supportive and his points of view were excellent. I have learned from this meeting how to set the meeting and how to solve a problem by sharing ideas.

Meeting Assessment 1

LSEC N101 Meeting Assessment Section: CEK

Date of meeting: Monday 7^th March, 2011

Time of meeting: 4:30 p.m.

Venue: ADMC Room W006

Group members:

Chair: Jassim Alhammadi

Minute taker: Omar

Participants: Salim

Venue preparation:

Table and chairs for 3 people

Water for 3 on table

Tea, coffee and biscuits

Agenda:

1. The problem is a worldwide issue

2. The solution from the first place

3. Children need to learn at home and school

4. People need to be aware of the effects of drugs

5. Parents need to look after their children and them to find jobs

6. Governments worldwide should enact laws to minimize the effect of drug abuse

Objectives:

- Billions are spent internationally preventing drug use

- Addicts cannot function as normal members of society

- The neglect weakens their family.

- It requires expensive treatment.

- Huge police resources are needed to fight smuggling and dealing.

- Criminal gangs and mafia develop with drug money

Solutions:

v Control the area where crops are grown to make drugs

v Children need to learn at home and school

v People need to be aware of drug effect

v Parents need to look after their children and help them to find jobs

v Governments worldwide should enact laws to minimize the effects of drug abuse

Discussion:

§ 0mar said that he agrees the problem is a world issue because every country has been facing this issue for long time. And Salim thinks that the problem is worldwide because the mafia is trading in many countries. Jassim agrees too that the problem is worldwide because the world's governments are trying to overcome this problem.

§ Regarding the solution from the first place, Salim thinks that in every serious problem like this you should start at the very beginning of it to fix it. Omar didn't say much about that and totally agreed with Salim. But Jassim thought that it's not always the first place that is the solution because the problem is very big.

§ Jassim agrees that teaching children at home is a good solution but it needs a long time. If so we shouldn't leave it like this and we should also focus on the young people too. Salim said if the students know the harm of drugs they will not use them. Omar said teaching children at home is of prime importance.

§ Jassim liked the idea that people should be aware of the effects that many drugs can cause. Salim agreed that the harm of drugs can be on all community members, young or old. That’s why all should be aware of that. Omar thinks that even if all people know the effect of drugs, it will not stop them. This is not a good solution and had nothing to add.

§ Jassim thinks that the laws now are good and the governments don't need to enact more laws. Salim agreed but said we need laws to minimize the problem and this should involve the UN and should be worldwide. Omar agreed because the laws right now are not good enough to face this huge problem. What we should be wary about is whether new laws would be good laws.

Tips for presenters

.      Don’t memorize your presentation. Make brief notes to guide you.

2.      Practice many times.

3.      Relax, take a deep breath, and wait until the audience is quiet.

4.      Speak loudly and clearly, and use your voice for stress and emphasis.

5.      Make eye contact with the audience as you speak.

6.      Use gestures to show meaning. Make them slowly and clearly.

7.      Use simple visual aids that everyone can see.

8.      Don’t say, “Finished.” or “that’s all.” Smile and say thank you.

9.      Think about how you can do better next time.

The 2 most important ones for me:

·         Speak loudly and clearly, and use your voice for stress and emphasis.

·         Make eye contact with the audience as you speak

Personal introduction

Jassim Alhammadi

 I'd like to introduce Jassim Alhamadi

He was born in 1985 in Dubai. He's got 3 sisters and 2 brothers. He has many hobbies which are fishing, reading and jogging. He's visited 10 different countries. His ambition is to get a better job. He's had many good holidays but the best one was in Scotland recently. The best thing he finds about ADMC is that it is easy to get a job if you have an ADMC certificate. The worse thing is that some teachers are very hard to get on with. His motto is : life is an adventure take detours.