Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Passion Speeches
Post your self critique here. Using positive criticism, please include three strengths and three improvements. Discuss how you will improve in the next speech. Additionally, comment on how you have improved from the first speech. What did you keep in mind this time that you became aware of in the first speech?
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In my passion speech I think I could of improved on speaking, eye contact and a better power point. I need to practice more before i get up and do the speech. I think if i practice and get a little more organized, I will feel a lot more confident when I get up to speak. When this happens i can make more eye contact with the audience. I need to look more directly at people and not just around the room.
ReplyDeleteI need to build up my confidence more and by being a little mor organized i can defintely do that. Three strengths i think i had were I was passionate about my speech. I included my three points in the speech. Also I knew what i was talking about when it comes to poetry. I do know what i am talking about when i speak, but i need to build up my confidence or at least fake it, showing that i look like i am not nervous. I let my nerves take over me and talk too fast and try to get the speech over with. I need to slow down, believe in myself, and get a little more organized and then my speech should turn out really good.
I felt like overall I could have done a better job with my speech. I knew my subject very well but I think I let my nerves get the best of me. I tried to avoid saying “um” a lot this time because last time I over did it, but some of them still slipped through. I also lost some of my confidence during my conclusion and I think it showed a lot. Maintaining my nerves and confidence is something I really feel I need to improve on. Also, my body language and eye contact weren’t my best in this speech and those are two things I have to work on and practice to help myself be more engaging with my audience while I’m speaking.
ReplyDeleteSome aspects of my speech that I felt were positive were organization of my presentation, my credibility and citations, and my visual aids. I felt that they had improved in this speech in comparison to my last as I have gotten more acquainted with making outlines and putting them into a visual presentation. I thought that putting up the pictures of myself playing shows added a personability and interesting edge to the speech. For the next speech I’m definitely going to have to work on my nerves, eye contact, body language and overall delivery as well as maintain a consistent presentation with my visual aids and organization of information and main points.
I thought my delivery on my passion speech could have been a lot better. I felt more nervous for this speech for some reason. I know I need to improve on making direct eye contact, controlling my nerves, and my body language. I also know I need to speak slower when I'm reading quotes.
ReplyDeleteI felt that my credibility and citations were positive aspects of my speech. My sources were accurate and taken from legitimate publications. I also thought I did well with my visual aids. There was certainly a lot to look at in my presentation. For the next speech I'd really like to work on my nerves, my eye contact, and slowing down my speaking.
For some reason I was more nervous on this speech that on my other one. Weird. I was feeling good about my eye-contact with my audience, seemed to connect them to my speech with jokes and power point. The citation was my weakest side. Will try hard to find more in my next speech. And my hands, I guess I need to get those note cards for my hands with words or not, something to keep my hands occupied.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to have improved in my second speech. Although I did not feel as well practiced as the previous speech, I was better organized. I feel that is what aided in my improved delivery. I had hoped to improve on incorporating sources; that was my number one goal for this speech and I failed to do so in my first speech. So, I hope to have done so effectively and in a conversational manor. Thanks to the non-verbal positive feedback from my audience, I did feel much more confident presenting.
ReplyDeleteFor my next speech, I hope to further escape my pre-speech anxiety. Since I did not have a strong opening to my passion speech, my goal to to do so in this upcoming speech.
I felt that my delivery had improved but I may have gone through certain points a little too quickly due to unnecessary anxiety. I found that I had a solid body and conclusion but unfortunately my opening sentence came from the thoughts in my brain instead of what I had written in my outline for my opening. I should have started my speech with the sentence I had written. Throughout the body of my speech, I gained my confidence back and I wasn’t as nervous during the middle of my speech and I felt that I did a decent job. Once I finished my concluding sentence though, I literally ran back to my desk and forgot to take out my file chip. I have to stop doing that, this is the second time! I am not going to lie to you professor, you intimidate me! I believe that this why I can’t shake the nerves. I thank you for the intense criticism though. It can only eventually help me improve. But I noticed that not one student critiqued me after my speech so I have no idea what the “class” actually thought of my speech. It left me feeling aloof. I needed their feedback and I felt that we both got so caught up in talking about what improvements I should make that we both forgot about the rest of the class and their thoughts. No one in the class had seen my outline, so I am curious if they even noticed my weak opening sentence. In my next speech, I will try using a note card again to be better organized so that I don’t lose track of my thoughts when my nerves begin taking over.
ReplyDeleteIn my speech on the grateful Dead, I felt as though I had many of the same strengths and weaknesses as in my first speech. Although I feel that i made a concerted effort to improve, I don't feel as though I did as well as I would have liked.
ReplyDeleteMy strengths remained the same as in my first speech. I spoke clearly, kept good eye contact with my audience, and I feel as though I managed to interest everyone in my topic. Also, I improved in some areas. Such as, my powerpoint presentation was well cited (although some of my sources were not acceptable), I remembered to cite all my sources verbally and my thesis was clear. Still, I did not improve as much as I would have liked in some major areas. I wanted to be better prepared but when I got up to speak I didn't feel as comfortable with my material as I had hoped. Also, I was still fidgeting and "dancing" as one student commented. I think that if I could improve in those two areas, I would do much better.
I think that my public speaking has improved after giving this speech when compared to the first speech. I think that I organized my information better while preparing this one. I also remembered to use connectives when delivering, and was all in all more confident in what I was talking about. However, I would like to improve on making and maintaining eye contact, perhaps relate the information back to myself better (for this type of speech in particular), and to not look down at my notecards during the delivery and/or feel like I need to rely on them to make my point or convey my information. For the next speech, I will practice aloud more, as I only did that once beforehand for this speech, so that I can improve on the aspects I have cited as weaknesses above. However, from the first speech I do believe that I delivered my researched information more effectively and gave the audience something more cohesive to listen to. Looking back, I think my researching techniques improved, but when thinking back to how my speech sounded aloud to the audience I can see why it might have seemed to research heavy. Striking that balance between credibility through citations while not overwhelming my audience is something I feel that I need to work out a good feel for in the future in order to find that happy medium.
ReplyDeleteI was not ready at all for my passion speech i was alot more nervous then the first speech. I think it was because i was not there to see the other students give thiers. I also did not practice as much as I would have liked to.I need to practice my eye contact and also citing my sources. With my next speech I will be more organized and practice alot more.
ReplyDeleteThree strengths from my passion speech were my eye contact, my organization, and my tone/conversational style. I thought I did a pretty good job with this speech because I really tried to convey my passion to the class while keeping my tone conversational. The only faults I had in this speech were reading off the power point at times, not sticking to the six-by-six rule, and breaking strong eye contact. I tried to make these improvements in my persuasive speech only to make an even bigger mistake by relying on my note cards too much, thus hindering my eye contact even more than before. I feel I've really improved from the first speech, but now I'm afraid of being inconsistent. I've learned many useful techniques that will help me deliver my message effectively however, I must learn to continue to practice them diligently while expanding upon what I can already do well. I know I am becoming a better public speaker, I just need to be one and remain one.
ReplyDeleteIn my passion speech about the television show, The Office, it brought to my attention both strengths and weaknesses. I wish I remembered to put the PowerPoint on my USB drive the first time I went up to give my speech. Even though it gave me much more time to rehearse and practice the speech, I felt more nervous in not giving a speech from the first speech to this one when I finally got up there during the start of the persuasive speeches.
ReplyDeleteThree strengths I exhibited were the organization and strong points/examples in my outline and PowerPoint, keeping good eye contact with my audience, and bringing out a relevant topic, as just about everyone in the class had at least watched The Office in the past. A forth strength was my use of visual aids in the DVD Season sets I brought to class and sat on the desk before I began, thus connecting my passion to the speech even before it started. Three improvements I needed to make for the next speech were to not skip over any of the material I had prepared in my outline and PowerPoint (as I completely missed two of my subpoints in the first main point), to calm down and stop becoming jumpy in my tone of voice during the speech, and to stop talking with my hands all throughout the speech.
Compared to the first speech, I believe I improved much. In this second speech, I adapted a more conversational style in my tone instead of simply reading off the note cards. In addition, having everything in my outline written down on the notecards during the first speech compared to the key words and sources I had written down during this speech (five cards the second speech versus the 12 or so I had the first time around). A final way that I improved from the first speech was by taking the time to rehearse the speech aloud and in front of a group before coming to class, instead of only practicing in my mind. I realized just how important this last aspect is in terms of having confidence while delivering a message.