Presenting in front of 5 people

As for the presentation, I decided to present my speech in front my close friends. Their names were Jessica, Rushkin, Angelo, Avin, and Patty. I decide to present in front of them, because they have been through giving speeches also. I thought that maybe they could give me advice and tips that I've never received before from previous teachers and colleagues.

This time around I decided to keep my introduction, yet I added a second question to capture my audiences attention a little more. I asked my audience "Now that counterfeit has been rising, how many of you are checking the change that you get back?". I still gave my audience eye contact throughout my speech, as I did during the class presentation. Another different approach was the way I ended my conclusion. I tried to reorganize my thoughts more and continues on with what I left off in my introduction. I briefly summed up my main points again. Then I went back to the audience and reminded them to next time, wherever they may be, check the change that they receive even if the amount is correct. The bill can always be counterfeit.

From the comments that I had received, it seemed more like I improved with the content of my speech; although at some points I did stutter a little. I did get all of my main points across as I did with my speech on Friday. So as for my opinion, I did the same as I did on Friday, but the question and the the way I summed up my conclusion was a bit of an improvement. Another improvement that i accomplished was the hand gestures. I tried to keep my hands calm, but I did make small movements to make myself more interesting. I didn't want to look too boring up there.

If I had the chance to do the speech again for the third time, I wouldn't focus on changing anything much at all. I'd rather try to improve on what I already have, plus the mistakes that I made with the power point. With the power point, I talked towards the wall, instead of towards the audience. That was the only weakness that I saw that I had. Or at least, that was the main improvement that I needed to work on. So that would be the only one that I would try my best on.

The exercise was pretty useful. It's like having another chance to revise your speech. I felt a lot more comfortable though, because it was in front of people that I know very well. It helped me become aware of my content and also the delivery of my speech. At the time I was presenting, I could also picture myself standing in front of class on Friday presenting the speech. I was almost very sure of what I had said Friday, so I tried to repeat those words, but also added some new sentences/words to improve the speech a little.