Jasim Al Hammadi's Formal Presentation

I will be writing a report about Jasim Al Hammadi’s presentation. His presentation was about a helicopter called the black hawk. His English was pretty good, easy to understand and his presentation was well made with many exciting pictures and he presented it well. He talked about the company that built this helicopter, the specifications of it, the uses and the crew. He started by telling us about the manufacturer of it, including its engine power, how high and how fast can it fly. Then he talked about the crew of this helicopter that consists of a pilot, co-pilot and two gunners each at a door. Then he talked about the main uses for this helicopter. He started with giving us an example of its use in the army; they use it for the fast rope missions. Then he also said that the navy uses it for rescuing missions in the sea. Finally he gave us some information about the weapons this helicopter could carry and that sometimes the rocket holders could be used to carry big petrol tanks for long distance missions.

Salem and Jasims' Presentation

I will be evaluating Salem (H00054673) and Jasim’s (H20030494) presentation. Their presentation was about robots. Including their history and how do they work. Salem started the presentation with a brief definition of robots. Then Jasim talked about robots’ history and gave us some examples of the early uses of robots. Afterwards Salem showed us different types of robots and how robots mainly work. Finally they both talked about the smallest kinds of robots and how they are used for spying purposes. Their presentation overall was very good.  Jasim looked confident, his voice was loud and his English was very good. He made good eye contact with the audience. Jasim also supported Salem a lot and helped in explaining his ideas. They had many nice pictures of early and smallest robots.  However, Salem looked kind of nervous and tensioned. His eye contact with the audience wasn’t that good. In conclusion, they both did well in presenting and their presentation was well organized and planned.

Reflection 1

Reflection on 1st meeting

I think our first meeting went well. Everything was organized and well made. The chairman opened the meeting well by introducing the main problem; he summarized it and 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 good too. The participant too helped a lot in organizing the meeting; his ideas were supportive and his points of view were good. I learned from this meeting some skills about conversations and how to solve a problem by sharing ideas.

Parking problems

Minutes

Date: 3/7/11

Venue: W007

Group Members:

Chair: Mohamed Al-Qubaisi

Minutes Taker: Mohammed Salem

Participants: Ibrahim

Agenda:

1 Build underground parking under the buildings.

2 Increase the use of public transport such as buses and taxis, and bicycles in winter.

3 Special parking buildings should be built.

4 People living in places with parking problems, and who own more than one car, should get rid of the extra cars to avoid congestion.

5 Parking cars by paying fees.

Objectives:

The main objective is to find solution for the parking congestion in Abu Dhabi city. It has become hard to find a parking spot. Some efforts have been made to help find a solution for this problem but still, congestion still exists.

The chairman, Mohamed Al-Qubaisi, opened the meeting at 16:43.

1 Mohammed Salem suggested that underground parking should be built under each building in crowded areas. But Mohamed Al-Qubaisi denied the idea because he thinks that it is hard to build them now. He said that if they were built while constructing the buildings, they would have been of great use. Ibrahim agreed with Mohamed Al-Qubaisi’s point of view.

2 Ibrahim said that people should use public transport, such as buses and taxis as their main way of transportation. Both Mohamed Al-Qubaisi and Mohammed Salem agreed but they said that it’s not a way that citizens would prefer knowing that every house owns more than two cars. But, Ibrahim said that we should try applying the idea and see the feedback of the citizens.

3 We all agreed about having car parking buildings built in every residential area to serve people living there. With having a special card only for citizens of the area, so that other people from different areas won’t take advantage of the parking.

4 We also agreed that citizens, who own more than one car and live in crowded areas, should get rid of the extra cars to avoid congestion. Also some people own parking spots under the building but are lazy to park it under the building so they park it outside, and that should be solved also. Because it is known that many people leave their cars in one parking spot for more than a month and it’s a reason of congestion.

5 Mohammed Salem started discussing the idea of making the parking in crowded congested areas by paying a specified amount of money for parking tickets for each area depending on how crowded it is. However, Ibrahim replied saying that the fees should be specified on the amount of time the car is parked, not on how crowded the area is. Mohammed Al-Qubaisi said it is not fair to take money on parking lots, so he said that their ideas were good but the fees for parking spots should be for a specified period of time. After that, they all agreed on the idea.

Conclusion

In conclusion, we think that underground parking is a great idea and would highly reduce the congestion rate. However, the government should apply new rules forcing the investors to build underground parking. The government should also advise other people to use public transportation to reduce the congestion rate. We think that public transport solution is also a good idea and of a great advantage. However, people here aren’t interested in public transport.  Also having parking buildings in residential areas is a good idea, but rules should be enforced strictly to make sure no people park in there except the citizens of the area. Finally we think if they applied fees on parking spots, it might somehow solve this issue by limiting the time each car can park.

Tips on how to present

Tips for presenters

1.       Don’t memorize your presentation. If you need to, make brief notes, possibly on small cards, to guide you.

2.       Practice many times.

3.       At the start of your presentation, 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.       Use gestures to show meaning. Make them slowly and clearly.

6.       Use simple visual aids that everyone can see.

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

8.       Don’t say “Finished.” or “That’s all.” Smile and say “Thanks you”.

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

I think number 4 is the most important , speaking loudly and clearly is essential. Tip 2 is also important as practice should be done over and over again , to avoid any mistakes while presenting.

Mohamed Al-Qubaisi

Mohamed Al-Qubaisi

I’d like to introduce Mohamed Al-Qubaisi.

He was born on 16th June 1993 and so he is now 17 years old. He was born in Abu Dhabi and also lives in Abu Dhabi. He has five brothers and five sisters. His father is a soldier in the Air Force, and soon to be retired. In his free time, Mohamed likes computer games and watching movies. He has visited several places in the world; two places which he visited more than once are Germany and Australia. He went to Switzerland last year with his cousin, Ghaith Al-Muhairbi. They went to Mountreux which is located at Lake Geneva. They loved the place and took a lot of photographs of it.

His ambition is to be a successful engineer.

His best holiday was when he went to Barcelona, Spain with his friends two years ago. It was his first time to go there and he would certainly like to go there again this summer.

He thinks the best thing about ADMC is the way of teaching and of course the teachers. All his teachers are excellent at what they teach.

And the worst thing is the attendance policy: 5%, 10%, etc. He thinks this is too tough.

His motto is: What goes around, comes around. I have searched the motto and found out that it comes from an Indian religious concept called "Karma" in contradistinction to 'faith' espoused by Abrahamic religions.

Now you know a little bit about Mohamed Al-Qubaisi, his family and leisure activities.