Journal # 10 Entry
I feel that the most improvement that I saw was between my dry run of speech number four and my final speech number four.
From previous feedback that I have received I wanted to try and make my speech livelier and I do feel that I accomplished this overall. I did note however upon reviewing the speech that Imight have gone a little too far with adding in hand gestures. This will be an area that I can still work on.
Specific feedback that I received included adding to the time of the speech. When I had written my draft of the “dry run” I had several pages and I hadn’t had a chance to actually try out the speech. It turned out a little short so I did add some additional content for the original speech.
I do feel that this was probably my best improvement, based bothupon feedback and upon looking at the two speeches.
My biggest Strides:
1:04: I had a glitch with pronuciation and I just tried to remain focused on the speech and work through it
1:41: Use of hand gestures to emphasize points in the speech. Although I do have some criticism for the overuse of hand gestures in this speech. I also feel that this was a point where I used hand gestures effectively.
3:12 – 3:24: When I was talking about the values that my father taught me and my hope thatI have passed them on to my son, I feel that I effectively conveyed the emotions that I felt here.
Conclusion: I felt that the wording of my conclusion and the expression of the speech gave a good emphasis of the importance of my father to me personally.
Overall, I think that the feedback I received and the continued practice have helped me to improve. I have also become more comfortable with the mechanics of giving a speech and I think that my public speaking skills have improved.
