Overview

Throughout the semester we have been giving speeches in Humour and Satire. I started out very timid and still am, but I have slowly increased my loudness so people could hear me a bit better. I also have been using more hand guestures and had eye contact with the class while speaking. I use um and like a lot during the allotted time to talk and should continue working on that, even eliminating it from my everyday speech.

The aid of notecards has helped my pauses during my speech imensly but only if i fill out the notecard with adequate information that can be read quickly and used effectivly while speaking. I have slowed down my talk but still talk too fast while not noticing the corners of the room. I also worked more on the conclusion that instead of walking away saying that's it I have come up with quotes or statements as last impressions on what I have said.

I would be a much better speaker if I would learn to move around and be comfortable where I am with no second thought to what I would look like or come across as. There is always room to improve and you never stop learning till you take a dirt nap so I will continue to try and become a better public speaker.

How to Cartwheel

While doing in my speech I was good on getting most of the class with eye contact. I was also able to still be clear in my speech and what I was saying while being upside down. I also used a notecard this time to remind me of more topics to talk about. What was also good was that I had something to get people's attention as I did random gymnastics moves that caught a lot of people off guard.

During my speech i was too rushed and didn't have enough information and facts. I should have talked about why I choose this speech. I also needed to be better prepared with the shirt I wore that day, I thought it would stay down during the speech but I didn't double check this fact. I also stoll had a waiver in my voice as if I was unsure in what I wanted to say. I have trouble being myself infront of people at SCHOOL. I have done this many times for things at church and haven't thought much about it but as soon as I come into a school atmosphere I tone it down and become more reserved. I also needed to make my speech longer and include more topics and expand on them because I need to remember, not everyone is going to know everything I am talking about. They might know bits and pieces but the reason I am speaking is to make sure they understand the whole thing.