This was actually my first time to volunteer to go first. I wanted to get my speech done and over with. So When Carol told us to just get up there and write out names down, the top 3 spots were not yet taken. So once it was my turn to write my name down I took the first spot right away. I was up there and done before I even knew it. It was a good feeling.
Overall, my speech experience overall is super different from my last 2 speeches! I felt that I delivered my speech very effectively. Regarding the critiques that I got back from my colleagues, I think it’s safe to assume that they enjoyed my topic. I felt that I delivered my speech and the purpose of my speech very effectively. I started off with a question that would capture the majority of my audience, and then I begin to narrowing it down to the issue that I’ve seen with the youth today. I mentioned the 3 main points that I was going to discuss and that went very smoothly. During my speech, I had cited two citations. Once in the beginning, and then another before my first transition to my second main point. I had a lot more citations before I had to change my outline around. Unfortunately I was unable to attain more citations.
As I mention, this speech was very much different from my last two. I began to notice my “mistakes” from previous speeches as I was up there presenting this third speech. Surprisingly I remember when I looked to see where I was at [timing wise] I noticed that I had already taken up 1 minute. At that moment, I looked back at the audience and this feeling of comfort came upon me. It felt as though I was only talking to a group of very close people. I felt totally comfortable up there. I have never felt that way, ever, standing up in front of a class giving a speech. I always get a little jittery when I’m up there. As for my confidence, I would have to say that I was pretty much very knowledgeable upon my topic. But whenever I do get up to speak, I get this nervous feeling. It causes me to worry about forgetting to mention something or to have this worry about leaving something out. This always happens. Overall, I was pretty confident though. I did leave a few things out, but those were pretty much repetitive information.
Comparing this speech to my last, I can tell of the bat by watching the video that was super comfortable up there. As for another good attribute, I did no focus on the power point this time. I accidently looked up there once really quick to point out a statistic, but I turned back to the audience and began to elaborate about it. This time around, I also noticed that I looked into my audience’s eyes a lot more than I did before. I used to look at each person individually, but never for more than second. With how comfortable I was being up there, I did look at people for more than a second this time. I noticed this myself while I was up there. I realized how much more I looked out towards the audience literally presenting eye contact; therefore I would rate my eye contact to be a 10. I did make a slight mistake by looking at my power point once, but that was only for a split second. My last video, I noticed that I kept moving around, this time I stayed more in one spot. As for the negative, I did catch myself with the hand gestures. I noticed it, but I guess it is part of my nervous habit. I kept throwing my hands here and there. I tried controlling though. I did have better control with it comparing it to my last speech.
The hand gesture was the only thing that was quite distracting that I could tell from the video. I couldn’t tell with anything else. I did not move around as much this time. From my last video I thought moving around and pointing on the power point would keep my audience alive and awake; therefore that was why I was doing those things. Luckily, through the reading and from Carol’s speech tips, I’ve learned that those two factors are a big not on the good list when giving speeches.
From this speech comparing to my last speech, I would have to say that it was a bit better in some parts, but overall it’s about the same. I just improved a bit more on this third one. I think that they’re both almost the same, because I did enjoy giving the informative speech a lot. It was a fun topic to present it about. I did make more mistakes in the second speech though, but overall it was fun. If I could do this speech over, I’d actually be more aware of my third main point. Carol pointed out that I had to fix it up a bit. I was not sure how to exactly “fix” it up, but I did the best I could. So if I could re-do this speech, I’d look more into my third main point an research on it a lot more so I could include more citations.
With all three of the speeches done and over with, I would have to say that my best performance was with the third speech. The first speech was alright, because I’m sure we were all very nervous and unaware of how it was going to feel. Our audience wasn’t familiar to us so that was a negative factor. With the second speech I saw myself improving. It was helpful to have tips and what not after each speech during our class meeting. Also, the note taking for the each of the colleagues speeches were very helpful too, because that gave some insights on how they saw things while I was up there giving my speech. This only helped me to improve more and more. As we went on, definitely with my third speech I even felt the comfort being up there. I volunteered to go first and I got it all over with within seconds it felt like. I learned from my last two speeches to now focus on the power point. I also controlled my hand gestures a bit, and also my habit of moving around. I took my time and even heard everything that I presented. Usually when I’m nervous, I don’t really pay attention to what I’m saying sometimes. Like it just flies into one ear and out the other you know? So this time, I took more time and effort and that resulted with me feeling more comfortable.
With all said, I feel that I deserve at least a B+ or higher with this speech. I felt very comfortable. I presented everything in a decent amount of time, and I clearly had transitions and main points covered. Then again I never ask for an A because then I’m putting my standards way to high and would be disappointed if I did not get that A. I’ll stick with w B for now.
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