Self Evaluation Assignment #2

I felt a heck of a lot better coming out of the Informative Speech, than I did the Demonstration Speech!

I do feel that I achieved the purpose of this speech. 

In the Demonstration Speech, not only was I less prepared, but also realized that demonstrating something like the art of paper folding was logistically challenging. I felt more prepared this time, and therefore was somewhat more comfortable and confident.

It was good to learn something about Powerpoint and I found that using the slides helped me to slow down my mind, stay on point and give a better speech...amazing!

Changes I would make if doing this over again, might include beginning speech preparation sooner to avoid stress and giving more eye contact. I still am working on finding the balance between having not enough on the the notecards and too much.

My goal for improving the content of my next speech is to begin sooner so that the final result is even more streamlined. I was happy with the content of this speech, but by spending more time on it, it could have been better.

For improving the delivery of this next speech, my goal is to give more eye contact!

As I stated above...overall, this speech went better for me than the last. Last time I was relearning how to fold a paper crane, which was challenging to have to present to a group. 

Also in an attempt to be more conversational in tone and extemporaneous, I only used the front of two notecards with a few key words on them. Which wasn't enough, because even though I had memorized the content of the speech...my nervousness combined with trying to demonstrate origami made me extremely flustered and my mind went blank! Not fun!

Last time I fumbled through the presentation, lacked eye contact and said 'um' too much. This time felt so much better. I ran overtime in Speech #1, but stayed within the time limits for Speech #2. The Informative Speech felt more successful in every way. I wrote more on the notecards, which helped me to remember to site my sources...just need to resist urge to read.

I would rate my eye contact as a 5-6.

I would give myself a 'B' on this speech. I feel that my confidence is building. Also I chose a topic that I know very well, which made it easier to talk about. Using Powerpoint was fun and helpful for staying on task.

I sighted four sources during the speech and all of my slides had sources for images printed on them.

Oh this speech was much better than the last! On Speech #1, I was beyond nervous, felt less prepared, and drew a complete blank. I felt like I was seeing myself fumble through it and it was painful to watch. This time I felt better prepared, more focused, calmer, in my body and more successful. I hope to stay on this course and improve even more in the speeches to come!