Public speaking

I think my performance for my informative speech went fairly well. My very first speech was a little rough because I was more nervous, but having a speech already done helped me get more comfortable. I swayed and moved my feet more than I thought I was. I maybe saw my eyes move across the room and tried to do the same with my feet, yet just stayed in one general area. I was well prepared, considering I was supposed to present a whole seven days earlier than I actually did. When I started out…

of the above occurred because of my challenge of speaking in front of an audience. I struggled with this as many others do and it has been a significant obstacle in my day to day school life. Even as being a young student, my fear was public speaking and it taunted me through my academic years. As we all know in school, homework is done, presentations are assigned, and discussions are made with the whole classroom. Thus, leading to public speaking. And as a student myself,…

JROTC is a program where students can get motivated to become better citizens by being offered many opportunities and challenges for total development and improvement in ways that is not taught by many others. In this essay, the following will be discussed about the positive effects from the past, the present, and the future of JROTC. JROTC was created by Captain Alden Partridge, a former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, in Norwich, Vermont in 1819. Captain Partridge…

When I first heard that we were going to be doing another speech I honestly was not happy about it at all because like many of you I was ready for school to be done for the summer. I began to think about it though and instantly I had three books that popped into my head and I thought that this assignment was not going to be hard. The three books that came to mind was: Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity written by Drew Brees, Friday Night Lights written by Buzz…

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…

Upon review of my informative speech, there was multiple positives and negatives with the whole process, research to delivery. This speech was done to inform the audience about the prevalence of Alzheimer’s in the nursing home population. I found this to be a very relatable topic for the class at the age we are. My speech included factual and moderately shocking statistics, coping methods as well as how it has affected me as a caregiver. I chose this topic because of my connection to my…

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…

1. In my opinion, if you want your audience to stay focused on your presentation than theater theory should take top priority when preparing. If a meeting or presentation has dim lights and low tone atmosphere, the audience will appear lethargic and uninterested. If you take that same meeting or presentation with bright lights and loud music the audience will be the complete opposite and present high energy and enthusiasm. If the presenter shows passion and excitement the audience will adhere…

What I think I did well: I think I played long notes well and extended the notes to their full value, for example, in measures 6-8 I didn’t pause in between the half notes. I also think I articulated well because at the slurs I didn’t tongue and on the notes without slurs, I remembered to tongue them. There are many measures in the song where there are slurs, but in measure 5 I slurred the first three notes and tongued the last one. Most of the time, I didn’t breathe in between notes until…

As I watched my video I thought I did an excellent job with the overall speech on the different parts of the guitar. My rate was just right, I had vocal variety in all the right places to emphasize on certain aspects, and used my guitar as a visual aid effectively. I also improved my page turning and smiling which I lacked on in my first speech. However, not everything was perfect. I had two grammatical errors towards the end of my speech and possibly some bias. Compared to my first speech, I…