Self Evauluation

Hey there!

Well my informational speech was about the Complexity of Student Aid. I think I was able to achieve the purpose of my speech. The purpose of my speech was to inform the audience about the complexity of student aid, and I think I did just that. I believe that I did much more better for this past speech then in the first speech. For this second speech, I felt a whole lot more confident and was not as nervous.

For this speech, I noticed that I did not have to look all that much at my notecards, I'm guessing this is so because I practiced so much this time around. Also because I payed attention to the chapters from the speech book. The book gives a lot of tips on how to relax yourself and let you not be as nervous for future speeches. I think next time I need to try and not look at the media, in this case, the powerpoint as much, because it distracts me and it seems as though I am ignoring the audience which is something that I do not want to do. Even though this time around I did not have to look at my notecards as much, I still did, and I think this happened because instead of writing little bullets with one or two word phrases, I wrote out some of the stuff. If I keep writing phrases on the notecards, then I will more then likely tend to look down and read from there, but in this speech, I sort of stopped myself, or at least, tried to stop myself from doing so.

At one point, I had to read from the notecards to pronounce the name of a book that I used as one of my sources, I think I only said one source,I had 3 other sources but I forgot to say them. I tried not to use fillers, it's very difficult because I don't really think a person realizes they are using fillers, at least I know I don't, I use them all the time and I don't even realize it.

For my next speech, I plan to practice more, because of course, "Practice makes perfect."

or so I think. I am going to try and not memorize so many things because I do not want my speech to sound as if I was rehearsing a script. I want it to come out more smoothly.

On my next speech, I plan to have somewhat better transitions and give more closure to the conclusion, not just keep it short. I am also going to try and relax a bit more because I tend to move around a whole lot without even noticing it.

In sum, I think that this past speech was much, much more better then my last, and I think it was because I practiced several times this time. I also practiced in front of a group of my friends, and I believe that helped out a lot. For this speech, I think I'd give myself maybe a B-, it was good, but not the best,and I know I can do better then that. :)

I was really proud of myself because I made it within 5-6 minutes!

-JETER!