Reflection To My Second Speech In Public Speaking

In reflection to my second speech in public speaking, I believe it turned out better this time than the last. When I got up in front of the class, I was a little shaken up. I really believe this was because I was too organized. As I stood at the podium, I felt overwhelmed. I realized I over prepared and I did not know where to start. I had my outline on my computer, flash cards and my speech well memorized. I didn’t know what to look at when I started my speech to make myself feel secure. When I started my speech, I first looked at my flashcards and started to read and then I looked at my outline. I began to fumble between both sets of notes. Then I realized, I was all over the place and could not figure out where I was on either outline …show more content…
I wanted to speak louder and clearer, but it was hard for me because I was very sick and losing my voice. That did not help me unfortunately, but I still tried as hard as I could to make myself speak louder. During this speech I was also able to control my nerves a little better than the first time. I was less nervous this time than I have ever been publicly speaking in my life. I felt a little shaky, but I didn’t have any pins and needles or numbness in my face, which I am very proud of. Before presenting my speech I went over it a lot to get myself prepared and ready for the day. The morning of, I woke up at 7:30 to continue to practice my speech and I felt very confident when the time came. I also started to try and relax whenever I thought of my speech and made myself believe that it was not as big of a deal as I was making it out to be. I tried to concentrate on my breathing, to calm my anxiety and help the nausea in my stomach. I know that I still have to practice on my coping skills. Even writing this paper right now it is turning my stomach, just thinking about publicly …show more content…
I think I want to start writing my speech as soon as possible so I have more time to write it. The more time I have to write it and practice it, the better my speech will be when I present it. I have to try to space out the time I prepare for my speech and not cram everything in the last week and I will be one hundred percent prepared. Having more time for preparing myself, I will be able to use more coping techniques to calm myself, so then I will be confident. This class is helping me a lot and I am proud of how far I have came. I am anxious to see my grade because then I can start practicing on where I need to improve