Introduction Speech Reflections
I feel that my first speech went fairly well. I wasn’t really nervous until I actually got in front of the class. I felt all eyes on me and I couldn’t wait for it to be over. It seemed like I was delivering my speech than what the actual time was. It flowed for the most part. I felt that everyone could hear the shaking in my voice. All in all I think that my speech went well because it was great!
I tried to remember some of the skills that are pertinent when delivering a speech from the group work that we did a few weeks ago. I wanted to keep my audience’s attention, therefore I tried to make my delivery as interesting as possible. I feel that by incorporating a power point presentation that I was able to do this. It included pictures that acted as a reinforcement to my words. My introduction really captured the different aspects of who I am and I liked it. It gave my audience a view who I am. I feel that I was able to capture the audience’s attention because I cared about what I was saying and that energy transferred to them as well.
As awesome of a speech that I think that I did I also believe that there is always room for improvement. I could have prepared better by maybe going over my speech a few more times so that I was more comfortable. I liked that I rarely peered down at my note cards. For my next speech I hope to be able to continue that as well. I feel that the time keeper caught me off guard and in turn I became distracted. I think from there I did my best to recover and did the best that I could. I know that sometimes I stumbled over words due to nervousness. Also I have said “ummmm” I tried to refrain from them. I’m not really sure, however, I’ll still keep that in mind for the next speech.
I am looking forward to see what my peer evaluations. I think that constructive criticism is always helpful and beneficial. I took my own peer evaluation seriously and gave my peers the most accurate feed back that I could. I hope that someone decides to invent an alter ego after hearing my speech!!! lol