April 5 -1 Self-Evaluation

There were a few things that I needed to work on before presenting on the last speech...or maybe there was a lot of things. Well, After reading the evaluation from my peers, there were good thins and there were bad things. Then again, the purpose of my speech was presented in a...I would say...decent way. This meaning that I was able to execute the purpose of the speech but the information I gave was not thorough. Aside from the purpose of my speech, I felt comfortable and confident as I was making my speech in a way that it was clear and well-developed. However, the bad news was that I was speeding just to finish my speech. This was because I thought that I would not be able to present all the information I have due to the previous speech, but it ended up me finishing earlier than usual. This also caused my audience to not pick up the information quickly because I was zooming through the information like a speed of light. If I had to do it over again, I would totally time myself and pace it so then I won't need to worry much about the time managing part.

One thing that would really like to change is the interaction between me and the powerpoint or the notecards because this shows the fact that the contact between the audience and the speaker is very bad. Thus, in delivering my next speech, I hope that this won't happen and I would be able to speak out while having eye contact with the audience instead of looking at the visual aid and the notecards at times. The difference between my first speech and my last speech was that I was able to present all the information I wanted to present on my last speech and I didn't on my first one. However the time between the two speeches were different, such that I finished in time on my first one but then I finished early on my recent speech. If we were to say if its an improvement or not, I would say that I improved in different areas but stayed the same in certain areas. As for distraction, I don't think I did anything that distracted teh audience but I believe that I shouldn't do hand movements a lot.

In the sense that I gave the information and statistics to the audience, I did not mention the sources that I used when I was presenting the facts. However I did mention one source and that was all, which I know that was not good enough to show that I researched through other sources rather than just one. As I watch the video again to see my speech, the good thing was the visual aid, loudness, and the information given, but the bad thing was the fast-talking of my mouth which I should've slowed down, and the eye contact of my presentation. For this reason, I would give myself a B- on a scale from A to F.