When I was first assigned to do the mock meeting, I was a little bit nervous and anxious since this is my first time conducting a meeting and I only had basic knowledge about it. I have learnt the theory of a meeting, such as the procedure, the minutes and requisites for a valid meeting. But knowing the theory only is not enough because imagining being in a meeting and experiencing the meeting itself are two different things. Apart from that, I was not too confident because I have a poor communicating skills especially when communicating in English. But, I became more motivated and thrilled to conduct the meeting considering it is a group task and I prefer working in a team rather than individual.
While preparing for the informal meeting, I found out that informal meeting is actually a good way in discussing and solving problem arise in a less formal way. Even I and my teammates had done informal meeting by ourselves several times while brainstorming the ideas and writing the scripts for the mock meeting as we want to practice it as much as we could. Other than that, I also think that informal meeting enables me to improve my knowledge on how to argue and expressing my ideas in the meeting. The social and emotional support form team members have inspired each other to share and develop our thoughts together. On the other hands, I believe that informal meeting can result in better communication between the parties because the participants can speak their mind freely than they would in a more formal setting. Informal meeting allow participants to meet with a greater degree of spontaneity and flexibility. This is not only working on students like us, but also can be used for any of the situations in a working environment and others.
After conducting the informal meeting in class, I realized that our group could have done better. There are a lot of things need to be