Speech Essay

After everyone watches themselves give a speech they have things that they would change. Once I evaluated my persuasion speech I noticed a few things. I think that there are areas that I have improved; there are some more areas that I need to improve more, and some things that I observed about my delivery. The first thing I noticed was some things that I have improved since I gave my last speech. I felt less nervous before and during my most recent speech compared to my other speeches. I think…

Two people reviewed the informative speech I gave on Thursday, October 15. Both reviewers graded, and scored my speech similarly. According to Joey Betley my highlight was that the video I showed reinforced my information, and was a good idea. For my improvement Joey Betley said to make more eye contact while speaking. I agree with this reviewer I do think that my eye contact was weak, and could have been better. As for the video I thought that it did a good job of explaining how windmills work,…

I delivered the ‘Informative Speech’ speech on October 19, 2015. As I was delivering the speech, I noticed that I had strengths with visual aids, a clear presentation, and content. I also had weaknesses with my speaking pace and nervousness. What I did well: Before giving the speech, I looked over my notecards so I would not forget what I would say during the speech. I had a clear visual aid with most of my key facts up on a PowerPoint. This helped me because I could focus on the audience rather…

from one point to the other was very smooth and clear. A good concluding statement was in the speech, but the speaker did not summarize all the points that she presented. The speaker did make good eye contacts with the audience; however, there were few filler words. Furthermore, she used her visual aids very well because her visual aids were interesting and were presented at a good timing. Also, her speech was done in given amount of time. Overall, I would give this speaker a grade of 19 because…

Informative Speech Self-Assessment The Informative speech I presented in the class was my first experience of speechmaking on a nonscientific subject. In this essay, I have self-assessed the following three aspects of the first speech I made: organization, speech outline and speech delivery. The speech I make was well-organized because It helped me effectively connect the main points, and supporting points I wished to shared with my audience. I believe my speech was well-structured because…

Overall Speech 101 was a great class for me, i was able to improve my ability to speak in front of a class and gain what it takes to be a great speaker. One thing that really helped me was looking back at my speech videos. At first i was really shy and thought that looking at myself speak would be embracing but it really helped me out. After every speech i would look back at my film and see the areas i can improve on. Yes indeed looking at my speech’s really helped me out especially on my final…

When giving speeches most of the time the person giving the speech is experiencing Communication apprehension. The definition of Communication apprehension is the level of fear, or anxiety, an individual faces when having to communicate with one or multiple people. I have dealt with Communication apprehension for quite a while now. Although it is not as bad, as it used to be. My freshman year of college, I was actually enrolled in the COMS 130 course, but my fear of public speaking, caused me to…

hardest things to do when considering giving a speech is choosing a topic and this gives you a few good suggestions and pointers on how to do it correctly with ease. I t is a good idea to keep in mind, when writing your speech, the general purpose of your speech. It states that you are probably giving a speech for one of two reasons which is to inform your listeners or persuade them. This is important because it will help you create the structure of your speech and get the right tone behind it…

Speech 5 was no doubt the most difficult one. My topic was the importance of voting, in my speech I talked about how my oldest brother was into politics and how growing up he always emphasized the importance of voting to myself and my entire family as well. As my speech progressed I talked about how every vote matters and how, as crazy as it sounds Donald Trump could help draw a new audience to politics. I tried by best to show the audience just how important voting really was by giving them…

opinion I thought the speech went pretty well. It has been a while since I have given a speech, so I felt quite rusty at first. My research on Newton Running came pretty easy so it enabled me to be more confident in my delivery. The necessary aspects of the speech came pretty easy and I felt that I delivered them pretty clearly. I thought that I did several things quite well and at the same time had some basic speech giving abilities I could improve on. After watching my speech on video I…