Final Speech (Canada 101)
I did my speech on “3 steps how to be a Canadian”. I am credible because I actually play hockey and hockey players (at least the ones I know, like the ones on the hockey team) they have Canadian-swag. They talk like Canadians and use their vocabulary and such. So I was actually very knowledgeable. And our class seemed it too. Our fellow Detroit peers, knew basically all the Canadian pronunciations because they live right across the river from Canada. But some were singing “O Canada” at the beginning of the speech. It brought tears to my eyes…
A weakness could be was my voice level. Sometimes I spoke loudly, but I got the point across and I really wasn’t shouting or screaming so nobodies ears were ringing or whatnot. I dont think it was that big of a deal. Actually sometimes you need to change your voice level to make sure everyone’s awake/paying attention and make sure you’re not too monotone…
Strengths are eye contact and using the crowd/audience. This has been a strength all semester long. I try to incorporate the audience as much as possible without losing control of my topic. It makes the speech better and the audience more attentive. Anytime you can get the audience involved and they enjoy your speech you know you did a good job…
I was on time. I practiced about 2 times without a stopwatch and such. I thought my speech would be between 6 or 7 minutes. My prediction was correct…
The only time I had to use my ‘notecards’ was for the pronunciations. That was where I wrote on the chalkboard and had the class say the words out loud like we were in first grade again. I usually never use notecards. I did have to use notecards for my 2nd speech because it was our first group speech and I did not know the material too well. If I did the project done in time AND have time to look over it, I don’t need notecards, it’s all in the brain…
My visual aids were phenomenal. I brought in a hockey stick to demonstrate part 2 which was the hockey wrist shot. My third part I had Dan volunteer to be put into the Bret Hart’s sharpshooter and my first part was on the chalkboard. I had a powerpoint to kind of look over things. I added in visuals such as pictures but really didn’t put much info at all on the powerpoint. I did have some slides with words but they were only there as a backup if there were no chalk for the chalkboard for my pronunciations portion. Visual aids bring a presentation to life and I did a good job doing so…
All in all, I think it’s about the audience, and when half of the class gave me a standing ovation it felt great. I felt like I did my job and outstanding at it too. The audience is whom were are speaking to and relating to and its most important to take them into account as much as possible…
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