April 5-11 Speech with the other 5...

For this activity, I chose my friends for the group of five people to present to. Their names were Anny, Tran, Ryan, Dustin, and Patrick. I picked these five because I hang out with them the most and they are my close friends. Not only that, they also tell the truth rather than covering the bad information and act as if I did an excellent job on my speech. Furthermore, other than giving me what I need to work on, they also give me tips and how I can improve. The difference between this speech and the speech on Friday was that I was able to actually manage my time. In addition to that, I didn't use my notecards as much and the eye contact with my audience improved. I was also able to make jokes This was because I believe that I performed in front of my friends, so then I am confident and wasn't as nervous as how I was making the speech on Friday. Since I know them already, it was a different environment compared to making the speech in front my my classmates. What I would do differently if I were to do the speech again, I would try to memorize what I want to say although that is really hard, but then it would be good because I won't need to use the notecards. However the downfall would be that I might stop at certain just to revise what I should say next. So most importantly, I would try to pace myself as I make the speech. The feedback that I got from the five people that I chose was all similar to each other and one would say the problem while the other would add more to it. One was stutter; there would be a point where I would forget what to say or I know what to say but lost it because I didn't whether I shouold say it or not or if its the right time to say. Then again, this exercise was useful because not only that I was able to present my speech again, I was also confident in what I wanted to say and that it was easier and helpful in a way that more tips and points in what I can do to improve my speech was given.