Self Evaluation: Informative
I believe the overall presentation of my speech was effective, it served its purpose: to
inform. There were definitely stylistic hiccups, but it did not take away too much from the
message
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Self Evaluation: Informative
I believe the overall presentation of my speech was effective, it served its purpose: to
inform. There were definitely stylistic hiccups, but it did not take away too much from the
message. Throughout the entire presentation I had busy hands and an unenthusiastic tone. On top
of all of that, I had several fluency breaks ranging from repeating words to uhs and ums to even
slowing my words. If I were to improve on my gestures and voice, I think my speech would have
been at least 10 times better.
Personally, I felt my introduction was strong. It served as the attention getter and the
preview. It didn’t give away my speech and left my audience wanting a little more information
on each point. The thesis gave a clear and concise overview of what will be presented in the very
near future. I do think on the tape I sounded too structured and formulated, but again it did not
ruin the speech. During my introduction at 11:58 on the tape, I noticed I was rotating my body
quite a lot. My body movements made it quite distracting to try and focus on the message. Also,
my introduction needed more enthusiasm, while I had great structure it was difficult to tell
through my monotone.
During the meat of my speech, I relied heavily on my note cards. This dependency took
away from audience eye contact and served as another distraction for my audience. The visual
aid came into play with my first body point, which at 12.20 I turned and looked at the pictures
and again at 13.20, I feel like that was very unprofessional in that I took my attention off of my
audience. I also slurred my words in my first point; I need to word on pronunciation so my
listeners can understand my speech. I know it has already been mentioned, but more meaningful
gestures would have my body points more effe
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