Final Persuasive Speech Reflection
Believe me when I say that my progress from then to now has come a long way. Initially after giving the persuasive speech, I felt that there has been little process in all of this time that I had spent trying to learn to communicate more effectively. Worst of all perhaps, I felt powerless to do anything to change this. This was my most practiced speech and it did not feel that way. Even the thought of having to go back and essentially relive those 7 minutes was not something I was particularly excited about. Nevertheless, I knew that I would achieve some form of catharsis if I took this assignment as seriously as a possibly could.
From watching the persuasive speech, it is a recurring theme in my process of watching myself speak that I am much more sympathetic of myself after given said speech. What I immediately notice is that certain planned maneuvers such as the introduction weren’t always as clear as I wanted them to be. The flash cards that I help up might have been more effective if I had less content on them. Underneath the surface of my speech, I see issues that …show more content…
I notice that my head and eyes are fixated at the windows on the back of the room. My head also tilts from one side to another and there seems to be no sense of enthusiasm for what I am saying. You can tell that I am trying to finish this speech as quickly as possible and this spotlight that I put upon myself really hinders me. Something that I notice from my persuasive speech is different is that I have something important so share. I value my opinion as an individual a lot more and I try to make sure that people understand why I am speaking in the first place. I still see myself gazing off when I panic or lose track of my own thoughts, but I see that I make much more of an effort to look at my peers. When I do break eye contract, I try to remember that my audience wants to see me succeed and force myself to look at
Believe me when I say that my progress from then to now has come a long way. Initially after giving the persuasive speech, I felt that there has been little process in all of this time that I had spent trying to learn to communicate more effectively. Worst of all perhaps, I felt powerless to do anything to change this. This was my most practiced speech and it did not feel that way. Even the thought of having to go back and essentially relive those 7 minutes was not something I was particularly excited about. Nevertheless, I knew that I would achieve some form of catharsis if I took this assignment as seriously as a possibly could.
From watching the persuasive speech, it is a recurring theme in my process of watching myself speak that I am much more sympathetic of myself after given said speech. What I immediately notice is that certain planned maneuvers such as the introduction weren’t always as clear as I wanted them to be. The flash cards that I help up might have been more effective if I had less content on them. Underneath the surface of my speech, I see issues that …show more content…
I notice that my head and eyes are fixated at the windows on the back of the room. My head also tilts from one side to another and there seems to be no sense of enthusiasm for what I am saying. You can tell that I am trying to finish this speech as quickly as possible and this spotlight that I put upon myself really hinders me. Something that I notice from my persuasive speech is different is that I have something important so share. I value my opinion as an individual a lot more and I try to make sure that people understand why I am speaking in the first place. I still see myself gazing off when I panic or lose track of my own thoughts, but I see that I make much more of an effort to look at my peers. When I do break eye contract, I try to remember that my audience wants to see me succeed and force myself to look at