Self Evaluation: Informative Speech

It was the day of the speech, and I did not feel as anxious as the first speech. The jitters did not hit me until I was in the building, and then I started thinking about how horrible I did on the first speech. That moment made me want to focus, and redeem myself from the last speech, which helped me a lot. I had more of a confidence on this speech than the first speech. I was more calm and relaxed, and determined to not make awkward pauses and to speak without stuttering. I definitely did want to slur my words and have those uncomfortable "ums" & "uhs." I signed myself up to be second to present, and during the first presentation I was panicking a bit in my mind. I was thinking about all the things that might go wrong, but then I realized I was just psyching myself out again so I had to cool down and take my nervousness into positive energy.

The first speech was done, and I was up. All these thoughts were running through my head, but I had to make it stop. Being up there I felt more comfortable. Maybe it was because I had a powerpoint, which made me believe people would have their eyes on that rather than myself. While speaking I realized that I did not feel that tremble in my voice that I had last time and I was not fidgeting, or using vocal fillers. I did not think I did anything really distracting because I had a strong posture unlike last time. I just wished the content in my presentation was better. I don't think I stated enough citations for my sub points, which would of probably made things clearer. I spoke about four sources, but I did not mention them until my last main point. So for my goal I plan to organize my content better, and have strong information to make a strong presentation. As for my delivery, I know for a fact that I depended too much on my notecards. So for my next speech I want to use less of my notecards and rely on what I know rather than what is written in front of me because I do not think it makes a strong presentation when reading something off the whole time. Because I relied on my notecards my eye contact wasn't at its best so I would rate myself at a seven. Also, I know I spoke over the time limit, which is another thing I would need to work on for the next speech.

Overall I believe I did a better job in this speech then the last speech. I achieved the purpose of my speech by telling the audience how reality television has grown over the years, and the secrets behind production. I believe my audience understood the purpose, but I wished that I would of had more examples, facts, & statistics because it would of been more effective and convincing. From a scale of A-F, the grade I think I deserve for this speech is a B-. I gave myself that grade because I know I had improved from the last speech. I did not hesitate throughout my speech, and I was more professional as well. Although my speech had passed the time limit by a minute, I think the content, and delivery of my speech made up for it.