Life's A Pitch: Reflection

Overall I feel this brief has gone well as we worked well as a group in relation to delegating roles but also when working together to create the designs. Individually each member of the group developed their own initial ideas based on key characteristics we established within the first meeting such as the use of super-graphics. Consequently we chose Emma's designs however we all met to help refine initial ideas to create the final outcome allowing each member to have a say and be involved within the creation of the wayfinding system. Overall the time management within the group was successful as each member completed tasks on time which allowed our designs and pitch to be finalised with enough time for both Fluer and I to run through the pitch before presenting. Both Fluer and I created the pitch based on the mock ups created by Emma, checking with the rest of the group that we had covered everything once we had finalised the pitch. In relation to the pitch itself, this gave me added experience when presenting which has allowed me to practise my presentation skills and also reduce nerves surrounding presenting as it's starting to become more and more common allowing me to become more comfortable. Due to this confidence both Fluer and myself managed to cover all aspects included within the presentation in a clear and concise manner allowing the concept and thinking behind the system to be clearly communicated with additional questions being successfully answered after the pitch. The additional questions at the end where fairly easy to navigate as we knew our system and designs well so could easily clear up additional questions. Personally I find this section the most difficult as I can prepare for the presentation by running through but the unknown of the questions increased my nerves when presenting.

Personally I feel this brief was largely successful as I enjoyed working within the group the only issue we came across was a lack of focus on the concept behind the branding as we focused more on designing the wayfinding itself rather than selling the concept as an ideas. However despite this a professional outcome was created as the designs where finished to a high standard and the pitch delivered in a professional and clear manner. Furthermore it has allowed me to develop and practice my presentation skills as one of my goals going into this year was to take opportunities to present and become more comfortable within this setting. I feel I still need to work on this as I'm not 100% confident or comfortable with presenting however I feel like I've come a lot more confident since last year. I think we could of sold our pitch more within the presentation to create more of an idea for people to get on boards with rather than simply explaining our concept and processes. However this experience has highlighted the difference between a presentation and a pitch as we as a group needed to focus on the idea of unity and community more rather then the design itself.