On December 5, 2014, I gave a speech (toast) to my dear fellow classmates, Ms. Rich, and Mr. Jenson, on Mother Teresa. As said, I received the video of me giving the speech and from the beginning, I was excited to receive it. I wanted to know how I did and I really wanted to see if I have improved or not. I wasn’t dreading it when I was watching myself on video because I personally now feel that I became a better public speaker than what I was before. In fact I was excited to get my video after I presented because watching myself on video giving a speech does improve my speaking skills and I was able to critique myself while watching. In addition, watching this video made me more self- conscious and I was able see if I made mistakes or not in front of the audiences. After finishing the whole video, I felt good
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My strongest performance throughout this whole year was probably my last one and the weakest was my demo speech. I would say my strongest was the toast speech because I remembered what I should be working on when I was giving my speech so I felt like I did a lot better than all the others. My weakest would be the demo speech because I went over time and although it was clearly delivered step by step, it was too slow and I wasn’t able to finish making a final product. But I would say the reason I did really well on this speech was because I was more prepared. I practiced a lot and I rehearsed a lot more than I usually do because this was the last speech we were going to be videotaped on. Most definitely, better organization, more facts and more quotes did help improve my speech because it made everything much easier for me and it was much easier to deliver the content more confidently when I knew what I was talking about. My performance was better than it was at the rehearsals because since I practiced it so many times, I was able to make eye contact and deliver it effectively. I did feel
My strongest performance throughout this whole year was probably my last one and the weakest was my demo speech. I would say my strongest was the toast speech because I remembered what I should be working on when I was giving my speech so I felt like I did a lot better than all the others. My weakest would be the demo speech because I went over time and although it was clearly delivered step by step, it was too slow and I wasn’t able to finish making a final product. But I would say the reason I did really well on this speech was because I was more prepared. I practiced a lot and I rehearsed a lot more than I usually do because this was the last speech we were going to be videotaped on. Most definitely, better organization, more facts and more quotes did help improve my speech because it made everything much easier for me and it was much easier to deliver the content more confidently when I knew what I was talking about. My performance was better than it was at the rehearsals because since I practiced it so many times, I was able to make eye contact and deliver it effectively. I did feel