Informative Speech

Sad to say, I believe that I did worse in this speech than I did in my first speech. My main problem I need to work on is playing with my hands and rings. I get so nervous I don't even notice that I seem to fidget a lot. Another thing I noticed was that I only faced one side of the class, because I was reading the slide too much. I didn't start or end the speech with any hooks. For example, At the beginning I just stated what I was doing my speech about. And in the end, I ended with " and that's it ". For my next speech, I need to work on my introduction and conclusion more; so I can grasp the attention of the audience. I believe that I seem to sike myself out before I give a speech. Therefore, I become more nervous then I really should be. However, I seem to never be any less nervous as I give more and more speeches. Because I get nervous, I start to stumble on my words a little bit. I believe that on my next speech I will have a better introduction and conclusion. I will also try to have more eye contact with the audience and use more hand gestures.

Brown Bag Speech

Giving a speech has never been my forte. I get extremely nervous, and I start to shake. For me, it's very nerve-raking to get up infront of a class and give a speech. However, I feel like I did better than I thought I would do. Things that I need to work on are swaying back and forth, saying uhm, and playing with my hands. I could also work on talking slower and louder. I didnt shake as much as I thought, and I also didnt look at my notecard; which is a good thing! I hope that I get better at giving a speech as the year goes on.