Self-evaluation

Second speech done; one more to go! I believe I did pretty well achieving the purpose of my speech was the impacts of media on society. Comparing to my first speech, I honestly didn’t feel as confident or comfortable during my speech. When I moved onto my next point, I kind of forgot to move onto the next PowerPoint slide so it would show up a little later after I have mentioned the point. If I had to do it over again, the changes I would make is to remind myself in my note cards when to move onto the next slide. For delivery I thought I wasn’t as strong as I was compared to the first speech. One thing I was proud of was that I didn’t speech as fast as I normally do when giving a speech. I went at a steady pace and was able to accomplish the time frame.
One goal I have for improving the content in my next speech is get more in depth information. I felt as if I didn’t give enough to the audience to really be drawn in and gain more knowledge on my topic. One goal I have for improving the delivery for my next speech is to maintain a strong, projected voice as well as keeping eye contact! I need to not rely on my note cards so it proves to the audience I know my information very well. For the last speech, I plan to go all out, meaning to not look to my note cards and show passion about my topic to keep the audience’s attention.
What was specifically different from my last speech was how fast I talked. For the first speech, when I get very nervous I speak very fast and luckily, met the time frame just by a few seconds. This time, I was able to keep myself relaxed and speak at a steady pace so that would be a good thing. What was bad was I relied on my note cards more than I did with the first speech. I don’t think I did anything distracting from what I remember, so it would have to be an improvement from my last speech. How I would rate my eye contact on a scale from 1-10 would be a 7. I think I looked at my note cards more than I did with making eye contact with the audience.
On a scale from A to F, the grade I would give myself based on my performance would probably be a C+ or B-. I didn’t do that great compared to the first speech. With less eye contact and strength in voice that’s why I think that’s the grade I would receive. The amount of sources I mentioned in the speech was four. I clearly stated the sources so hopefully the audience caught that. This speech was not better than the last speech; at least I didn’t think it was. I state this because of me relying on my note cards more and not having such a strong presence. I really need to work on that and will definitely have a better speech delivered!