Self Evaluation 2

Status post the informative speech today. I'm still alive and well, nervous already about the next speech. Even though I didn't get the A I wanted, I managed to accomplish it! That alone is a huge improvement from the last presentation. Thank you to the girls that gave me a pep talk beforehand. It really helped! I believe that I did achieve the purpose of my speech. There was the information and I gave it to the audience. It could have been a little more detailed. I felt comfortable with the material but I was not at all comfortable speaking in front of people. It was better though, that the power point was there. It was a measure of comfort that I had something to "lean" on. I would definitely research more than I did. The speech turned into an overview and it could have had more details. I also needed to cite sources in the speech because it would have made it more believable. I think I did pretty well in delivery, my mouth wasn't as dry as it has been. In the next speech I want to have more information to give and I would like it to sound more personable. The speech shouldn't sound like I'm naming things off. For delivery I am planning on doing the breathing relaxation techniques a bit more beforehand. The main thing that was different from my last speech was that I actually spoke. It was incredibly scary for me last time and so I decided not to present. The good part is that I felt better about this speech, the content I knew better. My eye contact could have been better, I think I would give myself a six. I think my grade of a B+ was very reasonable. I didn't feel like I did a great job. My speaking voice is good, I knew the material. I do think it was a little bit boring. Unfortunately I didn't cite sources in my speech and that is something that I plan to change in the persuasive speech. This speech was by far better than my last one, as the last one was nonexistent. I want very badly to improve on the upcoming presentation and look forward to feeling confident while giving it. I have never been a very good speaker. It's very hard for me to stand up and be judged by what I have to say. I know that everyone else is just hoping that you won't go over your time, they want to go home early and they are just thinking about their own speech but it's still hard. I want to choose a subject that I am passionate about so that I can be confident in presenting. I know from my own personal experience that I am thinking the same thing as I described above while listening to other speeches. I just need to relax, be ready in my information and facts and perhaps even practice before a little more. I can do this!