Informative Speech Reflection Paper

Whenever someone accomplishes something important in their life they should analyze it for the strengths and weaknesses in order to improve for next time. My informative speech, “Running Through Life” was on Thursday, September 21th, 2017. This speech was in Mrs. Brown’s classroom at DeKalb High school. The topic of my speech was running, specifically the nutrition or preparation, practice, and competition. I was given the opportunity to record my speech and watch it later on to reflect on how I can improve my public speaking skills. This paper is an analysis of my informative speech on the topic of running that will go into my strengths, weaknesses, and what I can improve on next time, including what I should continue as well.
Whenever someone accomplishes something they should analyze what they did well in order to remember for next time. With this informative speech, I had many strengths. One strength of mine was correctly using oral citations. I did this by specifically giving the date, the source, and establishing the author’s credibility. A specific example of this, “According to Larry Greene and Russ Pate, running experts, in their 2004 book, Training for Young Distance Running, there are three racing strategies: racing for time, racing for …show more content…
Some strengths of my speech were my correct use of oral citations and providing evidence to support my main ideas, including the use of hand gestures. Some weaknesses of my speech were staying monotone, swaying back and forth, and focusing on the notecards and one spot of the classroom. My goals for next time are to not move back and forth, to vary my pitch and volume, and to practice in front of a mirror multiple times before the speech. Reflecting on the strengths and weaknesses in any situation will help with improvement for the next time in order to accomplish greater