Self-Evaluation #2

1) I practiced my speech endlessly a day before, and I gave myself the minimal amount of time. Once I got up there, I wasn’t as nervous as before, and I even took the time to breathe and rehearse the first part in my head. I think this prevented a lot of pausing. I feel like the purpose of my speech was communicated briefly, but it would have been nice to flesh out more detailed aspects of it. Furthermore, I wasn’t able to completely give the entire speech, but I had it broken into sections just for that matter. It was a safety net. 2) I felt pretty confident during my speech, like I said, “not as nervous as before”. However, I noticed a couple of the students laughing for some reason, and it sort of caught me off-guard. It made me stop because laughter is contagious at times, but I quickly looked away and reformed my thoughts. I lost a few seconds, but I regained myself. 3) I would change the beginning if I could. I knew I wasn’t going to fulfill all of my speech, but the beginning was a little slow at the start. I wanted a smooth transition to my major subjects, but time was of the essence so I had to act swiftly. I skip over a lot of examples. Some of the less important aspects I kept out, so the important subjects made it in still. The power-point was really helpful at times because some things I couldn’t remember, so I’d turn to it from time-to-time for clues. I had almost forgotten at one point about the note cards. Next-time I would like my delivery to be more conversational. 4) I want the next speech to be interesting and entertaining, so I’d like to implements stories that are captivating. I might use my best friend for examples, she has years of experience. Her stories are hilarious and yet heart wrenching. 5) I’d like to be able to take my time when delivering my next speech. I feel so rushed through them. I’m not sure what steps to take, but I figure I’d try and be more cut and dry with the next one. Of course, I’ll be descriptive with the examples, but leave it simple with the subject. 6) I wasn’t nervous going on to speak. It was the people that made me feel nervous, the whole spotlight effect. Between my last one and this one, I was only nervous with a crowd and not so much the speech itself. Also, I thought that my intro and conclusion were well executed out of everything. 7) This is a tough one, but I know I wasn’t too distracting. We used power points this time, but that wasn’t the issue. The class room was extremely cold, so I had my hands in my pockets for the majority of the speech. I guess it could be seen as either distracting or keeping warm. 8) Again, eye sight was good, lot of contact with the audience. Just need to stay in control! 9) Overall if I could give myself a grade, I’d probably stick with a solid A. I know that I am not perfect but I do try very hard at getting my speeches down. 10) This was tricky, but I know that I at least said three. I was hoping to add in more, but I wasn’t able to get to the other parts of my speech that needed it. 11) I think this speech went will given it was my first power point presentation. Hopefully my next speech will be even better because I know what to expect.