My Informative Speech: Landsmeer Golf Club

Starting off, I had a really fun experience preparing for and constructing my Informative speech. The format of the speech is great because it lets the students select a topic that they are interested in and allows them to talk about a topic they are passionate about. I choose the topic of Landsmeer Golf Club because it was interesting for me to gain even more knowledge on a topic that I was familiar with. When preparing for my speech, I started off making a rough draft outline, and also making a bibliography. After that was complete, I started to practice and rehearse my speech in front of the mirror. I made notecards and wrote down the information that I was having trouble remembering. When the time came to give my speech, I was very comfortable, …show more content…
Something that I felt I did well was keeping my composure and using a really good tone of voice. One thing that I needed to work on was my introducing. I played a video clip of a flyover map of Landsmeer Golf Club, which was very interesting and graphic. However, I wish that I would have explained what the video was about before I presented it to my fellow classmates, so that they could get an idea of what my topic was going to be about. Things that happened during my speech was that the USB disk was not connecting correctly and so we had to figure out the technical difficulties before I presented the speech. The other unexpected event was the I lost my voice during the speech due to a cough, so I regathered myself and carried on with it, which I think I handled well. The experience I had with the SHIELD Speech and the Informative Speech were very similar, however there were some differences. Differences were things such as how I dress up during my informative speech and not my SHIELD Speech. From now on I will try to dress up during my speeches because I believe that dressing fancy increases confidences and makes them have a positive