This speech was the hardest one for me because I had to make people see how I interpreted things and that was scary. I did my speech on hunting in the U.S. I was pro. I feel that I achieved the purpose of my speech for the most part. I saw what the rest of the class had to say about my persausive value and was a little surprised that they were so generous about it. It made me feel like I really reached some people. I was so nervous right before the speech that since it was a controversial subject, everyone would look at me funny and not listen to what I have to say, but then when I finally did my speech, that all fell away and I was confident that what I was saying related to the audiene in one way or another. I was just worried that I would forget to say something important. In fact, at the end, I went over the time limit and just had to wrap things up quickly so I didn't have the full dramatic ending I wanted.
If I had to do it all over again, I would try to shorten my personal story in the introduction, and I would definatly make sure to set aside enough time, and a reminder, to turn my slides in for power point visuals. I know it looked terrible that I was taping paper to the board, but I figured it was better than not having a visual at all. This speech was definatly different than my last speech because it was controversial which made me a little hestitant even though I knew what I was talking about, but one good thing was that this speech was more open to interpretation so it really challenged you to address the audience correctly. Also, compared with my last speech, I said "um" a lot more and I think that was because my visual aids made me self conscious becuase I knew they were crappy and I would say my eye contact was a 7/10 this time becuase there were more statistics to read percisly. All in all, I would give myself a B or B+, which is exactly what I received because my visuals weren't that great and my eye contact was less than usual, but I had good, creditable information and gave emotional appeal to the audience. When compared to the last speech all around, I felt that I did better on the informative speech through my confidence, interest, and visuals. However, in both the speeches I did a good job at sighting all four sources while talking.
All in all, after all the speeches we have done through out the semester, I think I performed better on the informative, then the persausive, and finally, the demonstrative speech. I mean, I know they were very close in the end, but I just felt better about the informative speech and did not go over the require time limit as much as the persausive speech. With out a doubt, however, the demonstrative speech was the worst because I was not use to getting over being nervous, it was the first speech I had done in FOREVER, and it was complicated to get in to the routine of things.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
week 16 Discussion 3
What are you going to take from this class that you think will be helpful for the future?
I will pretty much take everything that I have learned from this class and apply it to any and every other presentation I may need to do in the future because it was truely helpful to me. I mean, especially the key points and tips about the presentation materials and main focus, are going definatly fall over into future presentaions. It is universal. Most of all, this class enabled me to come over my fear of talking in front of an audience. After the first speech, I no longer was shaky and nervous! I just told myself that I know what I am doing and so what if the audience thinks it's different or off. It never turned out that the audience did not like my speech, but knowing that they could have booed me or something or look at me funny made me so overwhelmingly nervous.
I will pretty much take everything that I have learned from this class and apply it to any and every other presentation I may need to do in the future because it was truely helpful to me. I mean, especially the key points and tips about the presentation materials and main focus, are going definatly fall over into future presentaions. It is universal. Most of all, this class enabled me to come over my fear of talking in front of an audience. After the first speech, I no longer was shaky and nervous! I just told myself that I know what I am doing and so what if the audience thinks it's different or off. It never turned out that the audience did not like my speech, but knowing that they could have booed me or something or look at me funny made me so overwhelmingly nervous.
week 16 Discussion 2
Which speech was your favorite and why?
My favorite speech was definatly the informative speech. It was the most interesting out of all the speeches, for me, because it was something that I was truely interested in and excited about. I did mine on the History of Disneyland because I want to work for Disney after college, in the animation department. I have always loved Disney, so it only made sense to me that I would do it on Disneyland. It was fascinating! I think that in order for a speech to really work, you have to really have an interest in what you are speaking about. That will in turn get your audience more enthused and want to listen.
My favorite speech was definatly the informative speech. It was the most interesting out of all the speeches, for me, because it was something that I was truely interested in and excited about. I did mine on the History of Disneyland because I want to work for Disney after college, in the animation department. I have always loved Disney, so it only made sense to me that I would do it on Disneyland. It was fascinating! I think that in order for a speech to really work, you have to really have an interest in what you are speaking about. That will in turn get your audience more enthused and want to listen.
Week 16 Discussion 1
What concept or concepts from the class that you thought was the most helpful in preparing your speeches?
I felt that the online speech buddy videos, available online, was awesome because they were always readily available for you at anytime. They went over the same key concepts in the book, but in a visual way. I am more of a visual learner so what ever I may have not picked up in the book chapter, I could SEE in the videos. Over all, the most helpful things were learning how to make a clear introduction with your main points, making your body flow, having the conclusion review what you said in the introduction, and finally, showing us what "good" visual aids were. The whole thing was very beneficial no matter what way you look at it. I definatly came away with a better understanding of how to give a speech and to be less hesitant and nervous about it.
I felt that the online speech buddy videos, available online, was awesome because they were always readily available for you at anytime. They went over the same key concepts in the book, but in a visual way. I am more of a visual learner so what ever I may have not picked up in the book chapter, I could SEE in the videos. Over all, the most helpful things were learning how to make a clear introduction with your main points, making your body flow, having the conclusion review what you said in the introduction, and finally, showing us what "good" visual aids were. The whole thing was very beneficial no matter what way you look at it. I definatly came away with a better understanding of how to give a speech and to be less hesitant and nervous about it.
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