Informative Speech Review

Two people reviewed the informative speech I gave on Thursday, October 15. Both reviewers graded, and scored my speech similarly. According to Joey Betley my highlight was that the video I showed reinforced my information, and was a good idea. For my improvement Joey Betley said to make more eye contact while speaking. I agree with this reviewer I do think that my eye contact was weak, and could have been better. As for the video I thought that it did a good job of explaining how windmills work, and made me more credible, and provided a good visual, and audio aid. According to Evan Klemme the highlight of my speech was that I stayed calm during my speech, and he said for improvement to not use the “you’re probably thinking” quote as much as I did. I also agree with this reviewer when I watched my speaking video I did notice that I sounded repetitive saying the “your probably thinking quote”. Also while watching my speaking video it did seem as though I stayed pretty calm even though I did not feel calm at …show more content…
I had many highlights such as the video, and how I seemed confident when speaking, but there were some minor things that need to be improved for future speeches. One thing that I noticed when I watched my speaking video was that my legs were crossed and I did not stand up straight. Whenever you perform a speech you always want to have good posture and, not be leaning on something. I also noticed that I confused carbon dioxide with carbon monoxide in my speech. It was a slight mix up since the two are completely different. I referred to carbon monoxide instead of carbon dioxide. Which made me look like I did not know what I was talking about. You always want to seem credible, and knowledgeable when you give a speech so it’s never good to get things mixed up or wrong. For my next speech I’m going to make sure I stand up straight with no legs crossed, and make sure that I don’t have any mix ups or confusion about