Essay On Informative Briefing

As I approached the informative briefing assignment, I didn’t really know what exactly to expect. I had never really had to make a speech in class before, so this was an entirely new experience. Despite my lack of training and experience, I feel like I did pretty well my first official public speech. I was very nervous before I began, but when I watch the speech, I don’t seem nervous at all. My speech was very informative and contained lots of research, which proved I put it in the work and time necessary. I also had good organization of my topic with three categories and two subcategories. Overall, my visual aid on Prezi was definitely time well spent, because it looked good and kept the audience’s attention.
However, I wish I had someone who pointed to what I was saying on my Prezi, because it took away attention from me and made the audience have to search for content on the Prezi. I also wish I practiced my speech a little bit more, because the audience could tell I winged it through my use of “um”s, like at (3:58), use of “like” every ten seconds and awkward transitions between topics. My biggest flaws I would fix are the introduction and the conclusion. The notes emphasized how important it is to grab an audience’s …show more content…
One being making eye contact with more than just the back of the room. An important part I hope to change is grabbing the audience’s attention. If I start out boring, the rest of the speech is going to be equally boring. I also hope to improve on simple public speaking aspects, like posture and the use of unnecessary transition words that just fill a void, like “um” and “like”. I’ll be sure to perform my speech more beforehand, so I can transition from topics better and know when it’s appropriate to do gestures. I’m glad I get to watch myself perform and realize what I can improve upon for the next speech. I will feel way more prepared next time