Self-Evaluation

Before I got up to do my speech I was much more confident in my head and I was prepared to deliver my speech fantastically and just have everything be so interesting and amazing, until I got up to present, it was not  an issue. As I got up there, it wasn’t the thought that I was scared of the people, it was more of a scared to disappoint and get a bad grade on this assignment. Well when I got there, my note cards that I had prepared blurred in my eyes and what seemed to be something I had very meticulously organized, seemed to be wrong or not in the right order.

1). How well do you think you achieved the purpose of your speech?

The purpose of my speech was to deliver it in a way that would interest people and even though it may not impact somebodies life, it was meant to inform about a current interesting subject that is part of our planet and where we live.

2). How comfortable and confident did you feel during the speech?

I did not feel comfortable or confident, I have an issue with that and it might take a while to get over it.

3). If you had to do it over again, what changes would you make in

preparation, support, organization or delivery?

I would have made my slides a little less and more info that would provide a better understanding of what is being presented. I would also try to practice more so that I can deliver a fast effective speech without talking too much.

4). What one goal do you have for improving the content in your next speech?

Do more extensive research to provide information that is brand new for most of the audience sitting and listening. Also I will try to be a bit more organized with my note cards.

5). What one goal do you have for improving the delivery in your next speech?

Since the next speech is a really short one, and not only that speech but the persuasive also, I will try to get more practice with presenting the speech.

6). What specifically was different from your last speech? BOTH good and

bad?

The good things are that I didn’t totally get lost and I tried to do a little more eye contact and the bad things are that I read a lot of the PowerPoint.

7). Did you do anything distracting? Was this an improvement from your last

speech?

The distracting thing I did was to use word fillers such as uhm. I used them so that I would not get lost at what I was talking about and it helped me get my things organized so that I could read the information correctly on the cards.

8). How would you rate your eye contact on a scale from 1-10?

About a 4. I have a hard time making eye contact with people and even though I am still learning how to make eye contact, I try not to look really long at a person. So it was hard for me to kind of focus.

9). On a scale from A to F, what grade would you give yourself based on your

performance? Why? Use specific examples.

I think I got what I deserved. A b-. I got that grade because of a lot of the word fillers and the huge pause I made to find what song we were about to sing.

10). How many source citations did you mention during the course of your

speech? (Please watch the video and count how many times you

mentioned your sources).

I mentioned my sources at least three different times. I either gave the name of the person or stated the website I found it on.

11). Was this speech better than your last speech? Why or why not?

I think that it was much better than out last one because on the other speech I gave I was not prepared at all and with the jokes I made kind of messed up my train of thought and the first one was just a chaos.