JOURNAL: Reflection as a Whole: Now that you’ve finished the project, what can you say about your engagement, process, discoveries, struggles, and successes along the way?
JOURNAL: Reflection as a Whole: Now that you’ve finished the project, what can you say about your engagement, process, discoveries, struggles, and successes along the way?
21 thoughts on “JOURNAL: Reflection as a Whole: Now that you’ve finished the project, what can you say about your engagement, process, discoveries, struggles, and successes along the way?”
I think my speech went well. I original was not going to have any prop but when practicing my speech I found it hard to explain some of the amputation and prosthetic stuff, the images helped with that. I felt good going into it but towards the end I did get a little emotional/ chocked up. Like discussed in class practice vs the real thing you get a build up of emotions and for me it came out a bit. My layout was good, I felt that I needed to added the begin bit of my moms life because it directly affected her and me later in life. I think I could have emphasized the importance of my mom more but I felt if I had I wouldn’t get through it, but what I did have showcased how I see my mom and what she has taught me.
After doing my speech I was happy with my presentation. I did very well and I felt way more confident than I have in other speeches. The feed back I got was all nice but I do need to work on being louder. I did well on eye contact and not stumbling over my words. Speech 3 I think by far has been my favorite one I have done. It was nice to do a speech from the heart and make it sentimental. The pictures definitely helped me through my speech because just looking at them made me feel good about what I was doing. I felt bad I made some people get emotional for me but I’m glad it touched some peoples hearts.
For speech 3 I do not think I did my best. I was fairly confident going into it, but once I got up there I got pretty nervous. I moved too much when I was up speaking and was pretty fidgety which is one thing I do when I am nervous. I think it was because this is the first time I have talked about something personal with the class and that felt different than all the other speeches we have done together. I do think my outline was pretty good and in my head, I had the right idea. I think while talking the overall speech was alright at times some parts were better than others parts, but the overall message was good and I think I did a good job describing why my cousin Max was my inspiration that I talked about and I was happy to share his story with the class it was just a bit harder than I thought it would be. Even when practicing I did not have alto of trouble just the final speech was different than I thought it would be.
Overall, I feel like speech 3 went very well. I really enjoyed doing this speech because I was able to talk about my mom who means a lot to me. After delivering speech 3, I felt like my confidence had gone up a lot since my very first speech. I got some really good feedback from peers for this speech. Everyone seemed to really enjoy hearing it. When we were first doing our brainstorming, it was hard for me to pick one person. So, what I did was came up with a few things I would talk about for each person and that helped me pick one person. There was a lot wanted people to know about my mom. I took the main points and added to them with more details for each one. One struggle I had was how I wanted to organize my points, but I tried a few different ways until I found a way that had a good flow to it. A couple things I need to work on for the next speech are using less filler words and slowing down a little. One thing that I got positive feedback on was how I kept good eye contact with the audience.
Overall I feel like Speech 3 went really well. It was interesting to be able to get up in front of the class and speak about my mom, who means so much to me. I was very engaged with this speech and was into others’ speeches as well. With this one, it was easier to connect with everyone and give them that grace period if they got emotional. Everyone had great flows/engagement with the audience and the takeaways were something I will not forget. My process went more smoothly with this speech as I was telling stories/anecdotes that I have been hearing for my whole life. It’s a lot easier to talk about someone you love and look up to when you feel more connected to your audience, which happened due to the positioning of this speech within the semester. If we had to give this speech within the first week, for example, it would have been a lot more difficult.
I my speech went pretty well. It was difficult for me to decide on what to include and what not to include about Pops, we had so many experience and memories together that I felt like I wanted to include everything. I had a fun formulating this speech and it was nice reminiscing on all the times we had together, really trying to remember everything and asking my brother about his experiences with Pops brought a lot of memories back, and I am greatful for that. I feel I did a good job in structuring my speech and balancing the amount of humor and seriousness that was necessary to truely represent who Pops was and how he effected me. For my presentation itself, I was somewhat comfortable in my projection and voicing, but I could tell that I was fidgeting and moving around far to much – helpful feedback from my classmates confirmed this. I am not sure what I can do to help work on this, other than just presenting and practicing in front of an audience more. I only really practiced speaking to myself, so maybe presenting to my friends or family might help refine this in this regard.
I felt as if this was my best speech for a few different reasons. The first being that I was more enthusiastic going into this speech as I was able to talk about someone who had been a part of my life for many years and who has always been by my side. Talking about Daniella was easy, and I didn’t find myself struggling too much on what to say as I know our friendship so well everything was based off memories. The next reason was that I felt my outline was solid and the transitions flowed nicely. I did a timeline approach to it starting from when we first met to the present. Lastly, I think my photos were a nice touch without being distracting and helped the audience get an idea of what Daniella looks like and possibly how she is as a person. I enjoyed this speech and hope I conveyed to the audience the impact Daniella had on my life.
Overall I think Speech 3 went well for me. I was really happy with my introduction closing into my ending with the same kind of phrase and word which I used “sacrifice” to tie in everything . Not just did I say it but explained it very throughly beginning, middle and end. I was definitely more confident in this then my dry run, I was more relaxed and portrayed that and have grown as a speaker since the first one because in the end you have to think not everyone s going to remember exactly what you said. My layout was good I thought that I organized it well and it dint come across as disorganized or choppy. One thing I could improve on going on our last speech is moving less, some of my comments from my classmates were less moving during the speech almost like I was fidgeting which could distract what I was saying. Overall in the end I was happy and confident during my speech 3 and I can’t wait to hear others and start working on our last one soon.
After finishing the Speech 3 project and presentation in class on Friday, I think that it went really well. I used the outlines given to us in class to make sure I was hitting every mark, and made sure that my speech would fit within the requirements of this project. This speech was a weird one for me, I thought it was easier to do because it was about someone that I really cared about however I also had a harder time making sure my outline and speaking points were perfect. Even though my person would not be there for this presentation of the speech, I still felt like I was presenting it to them and wanted it to be as perfect as possible, but I think this was something that everyone was feeling. I still struggled with the pacing of my speech when I presented it on Friday, I naturally talk very fast and being put in a public speaking setting that fast-paced speech really comes out of me. But I was proud of myself for not stuttering over my words, so I can see that improvement. I think the thing I truly need to focus on during the next speech will be my talking speed, and being able to go slower. Overall, I do think that this was quite a confident speech and is giving me the perfect progression on the way to the final speech.
Now that I have finished and delivered my speech, I feel refreshed. It did not go exactly as planned, I believe I rushed myself a little bit and used some spacer words. I was pretty nervous before and when I got up there. I believe throughout the whole process, I was engaged and constantly making edits to my speech that needed it. I constantly got good feedback from my peers and used some of their ideas in my speech. I never had many struggles throughout it, just while delivering since I was nervous. I did have a lot of successes along the way since it turned out to be pretty good. My classmates seemed to have liked it as well and were engaged with me the whole time. I would say overall this speech was a success and I have grown as a public speaker.
After I presented my final today I realized that I actually really enjoyed this speech. It was easy for me to talk about my mom and when I told her that I was giving the speech about her she was really happy. I was nervous about the length of my speech and also my eye contact. The feedback paper that was given to me by my classmates at the end was all very positive and nice to hear. As predicted my most common constructive feedback was to make more eye contact. This just means that for the next speech I probably have to prepare a little better. You live and you learn. Not only did I enjoy giving/writing my speech but I’ve also really liked listening to others. There’s something really sweet about listening to people talk about those they care about. Also even though a lot of people have done the same, everyone has put a unique twist on their speech and no two stories have been the same. I enjoyed this and am looking forward to hearing the rest of the speeches.
After presenting my speech in class today, I felt really good with how it came out. I was extremely nervous for this speech as I was talking about a relative who had passed. My papa was a key figure in my life, and I really wanted to portray him perfectly with out getting emotional. I am super proud of myself for delivering this speech without tears as this was one of the most challenging things I have ever done. The feedback my classmates gave me was so nice and it further made me feel so good about my speech. I do still think I could work on eye contact with the crowd. When I am nervous, eye contact is the last thing I think about so I would really like to prioritize eye contact for my last speech.
This project was quite stressful at times for a number of different reasons. To begin, I will say that I am super glad this project is done with. There were so many hiccups as I was drafting my speech outlines because I did not want to misrepresent my mom or choke up as I was making my points. I have to admit that I did not fully engage with this project emotionally. There is a lot to say about what my mom has done for me, but bringing those points up in front of a crowd of unfamiliar peers is not necessarily something that I was ready to do. I did my best. The verbal feedback was positive for my final speech, as were the written notes, but I did get a few recommendations to not say ‘um’ so much.
This project showed me how comfortable I am with my emotions and how open I am about them. Well, it reinforced what I already knew. The wait time from the beginning of the project until the final presentation date was long to say the least. It ended up stressing me out more than it should have because I had the chance to see how my peers connected with the people who they chose to talk about, and I felt guilty for knowing I would not be able to express myself in the same way. This was an assignment that really challenged me, and I appreciate that.
Overall I think my speech three went really well. I happened to lose my train of thought when there was some door traffic, that lead me to look at my paper and just think. Despite that I just said a few ums and uhs. People say that talking about a loved one is easy, and to some point I think it is that being said I don’t want to portray my loved one in a bad way. Some of my peers say I ramble and jump around a bid, but thats just how I am when I’m a little stressed. My grampy means the world to me, he really does teach me how to better care for others. The feedback I got was all positive, despite my little comments that I mentioned above. I feel like adding the visuals really showed my grampys character while also showing our connection. I think that I could work on my eye contact a bit more and working on being less fidgety. Throughout the group process I received some pointers and additions that would help emphasize my key points in my speech. However I’m very glad that this speech is over cause it made me proud to share my grampys story with the class, I’m also proud that I was able to somewhat explain my grampys health conditions.
What I feel as though I can take away from speech 3 is that some of the best brainstorming comes when you least expect it. A lot of my favorite parts to my speech did not come to me when I sat down and stared at a screen with an outline, rather a lot of my ideas and points came to me when I was listening to music or talking with friends. However, what I feel as though I need to improve upon is when I have an official outline done is then talking with others again. I feel as though I did my process backwards by talking to friends and family and then writing an outline down versus drafting an outline and then presenting it. I still feel as though it was helpful to interact with others about my ideas but I need to follow through after making my outline a bit more. The most critical feedback I got from this speech was to make more eye contact or to look less at my outline, otherwise I feel more confident about the pace and tone of my speaking. Overall, I am much more proud of myself after this speech than I was after the first speech, I focused a lot more on not stressing out or getting in my head before the speech which helped my body language and my pace a considerable amount. The topic was interesting and I am proud of how I delivered it since it was such an important person.
I believe speech 3 went pretty well. There were a lot of repeats on the type of person we wrote about but they were all executed differently and everyone’s was engaging. There wasn’t a point where I was like “uh another speech like the last one”. Overall, I believe I participated a bit more than the past, and I was very engaged in everyone’s speech since everyone had something unique that stood out in my opinion. It was difficult for me to pick someone since I have a few people I would give a speech about and what everyone to know about but picking my dad I believe was a good choice.
I think my speech went very well. Originally, I didn’t plan to step away from the table and talk directly with the class with no outline, but I feel like that made more of an effect and showed everyone the importance of what I was talking about. I worked really hard on this project especially because I wanted to do it justice for such a great guy. I had one of my friends record it because I wanted to show him. He really enjoyed it and I’m super happy with how it went overall. The preparation was solid, I did bits and pieces of it leading up to the speech so I didn’t leave it all for the last minute. The feedback I received from my classmates was overwhelmingly nice and I appreciate all the thoughtful comments I got. I’ll use what I learned from this speech, like to prepare before so I don’t have as much stress at the end, to make an even better speech 4.
I definitely think that with each speech my public speaking skills have continued to improve. I think that speech 3 was certainly the most difficult speech yet. I am a very open person and normally don’t get too nervous before our speeches, but being vulnerable and talking about someone who means so much to me is quite difficult. That being said, I think I did a good job, I know due to my nervousness I did not have the best body language as well as eye contact. I think I spoke well but with little improvements to these aspects and the speech would have been much better. I am still proud of my speech and I hope I was able to pass over some of the lessons Bobo taught me, to the class.
Overall, I think speech 3 went well. As I reflect on my work, I feel like I was much more comfortable speaking compared to the first 2 projects. my primary focus for this project was on my outline and I was happy with how prepared I felt for my speech. I do think that time was a problem because I still felt like a rushed through it. I really enjoyed working on this speech and watching everyone develop their own. Originally, I thought this speech was something we could have done before the teaching a skill project, but looking back on it now, we needed to build a stronger sense of community in the classroom so we could each present these emotional speeches. It was a wholesome experience being able to see through a small window into everyone’s lives and I think that’s something that I will take with me once thing class is complete.
After finishing this speech, I am very happy with how it went. I did a lot of editing to my speech, and the end result was very good. The whole process was enjoyable for me. Talking about someone who means a lot to me was very engaging. While presenting my speech, I found it easy and natural to speak about Natasha. I was definitely a little nervous going into it because I really wanted to portray her well. I was more nervous towards the beginning of the speech, but I felt like as I went on, I became more comfortable up there. One thing I could improve on is limiting my use of spacer words (um). Overall, I thought my speech was successful and I am proud of how it went. I also really enjoyed listening to everyone’s speeches. The whole project was engaging.
Considering that I gave my speech a week after I was originally supposed to deliver it, I think that simultaneously worked for and against me. I had way more time to rehearse and work out the kinks of my speech, but I was also so far from when I initially started planning and brainstorming that I might’ve lost some of the intent I originally wanted. Overall, I think my delivery was fairly decent. One of my huge struggles is fidgeting and moving around while I publicly speak. I caught myself on a few occasions, but I definitely resorted to that multiple times. My eye contact started out strong, but even while rehearsing there were some parts of my speech that I simply could not remember, so I felt myself staring at my outline at those parts. I wanted to emphasize the quotes I included, as well as the transitions from the sillier and humorous points to the more serious points. My notes on tone, pace, and slide changes helped me a lot in order to have smooth transitions on my end, while also allowing the audience to acknowledge where the speech was going. I was worried that my slideshow would overpower and be the main focal point of my speech, but by allowing the audience to have a few seconds to view the pictures and to link what I was saying with images, I think it nicely supported my speech. All of the images I choose, directly portray who my dad is and the relationship we share, which is why I decided they would best allow the audience to view who he is, what he does, and to answer some of the questions people might have. All in all, I think the amount of time I spent planning and rehearsing paid off, but there’s always room for improvement.
21 thoughts on “JOURNAL: Reflection as a Whole: Now that you’ve finished the project, what can you say about your engagement, process, discoveries, struggles, and successes along the way?”
I think my speech went well. I original was not going to have any prop but when practicing my speech I found it hard to explain some of the amputation and prosthetic stuff, the images helped with that. I felt good going into it but towards the end I did get a little emotional/ chocked up. Like discussed in class practice vs the real thing you get a build up of emotions and for me it came out a bit. My layout was good, I felt that I needed to added the begin bit of my moms life because it directly affected her and me later in life. I think I could have emphasized the importance of my mom more but I felt if I had I wouldn’t get through it, but what I did have showcased how I see my mom and what she has taught me.
After doing my speech I was happy with my presentation. I did very well and I felt way more confident than I have in other speeches. The feed back I got was all nice but I do need to work on being louder. I did well on eye contact and not stumbling over my words. Speech 3 I think by far has been my favorite one I have done. It was nice to do a speech from the heart and make it sentimental. The pictures definitely helped me through my speech because just looking at them made me feel good about what I was doing. I felt bad I made some people get emotional for me but I’m glad it touched some peoples hearts.
For speech 3 I do not think I did my best. I was fairly confident going into it, but once I got up there I got pretty nervous. I moved too much when I was up speaking and was pretty fidgety which is one thing I do when I am nervous. I think it was because this is the first time I have talked about something personal with the class and that felt different than all the other speeches we have done together. I do think my outline was pretty good and in my head, I had the right idea. I think while talking the overall speech was alright at times some parts were better than others parts, but the overall message was good and I think I did a good job describing why my cousin Max was my inspiration that I talked about and I was happy to share his story with the class it was just a bit harder than I thought it would be. Even when practicing I did not have alto of trouble just the final speech was different than I thought it would be.
Overall, I feel like speech 3 went very well. I really enjoyed doing this speech because I was able to talk about my mom who means a lot to me. After delivering speech 3, I felt like my confidence had gone up a lot since my very first speech. I got some really good feedback from peers for this speech. Everyone seemed to really enjoy hearing it. When we were first doing our brainstorming, it was hard for me to pick one person. So, what I did was came up with a few things I would talk about for each person and that helped me pick one person. There was a lot wanted people to know about my mom. I took the main points and added to them with more details for each one. One struggle I had was how I wanted to organize my points, but I tried a few different ways until I found a way that had a good flow to it. A couple things I need to work on for the next speech are using less filler words and slowing down a little. One thing that I got positive feedback on was how I kept good eye contact with the audience.
Overall I feel like Speech 3 went really well. It was interesting to be able to get up in front of the class and speak about my mom, who means so much to me. I was very engaged with this speech and was into others’ speeches as well. With this one, it was easier to connect with everyone and give them that grace period if they got emotional. Everyone had great flows/engagement with the audience and the takeaways were something I will not forget. My process went more smoothly with this speech as I was telling stories/anecdotes that I have been hearing for my whole life. It’s a lot easier to talk about someone you love and look up to when you feel more connected to your audience, which happened due to the positioning of this speech within the semester. If we had to give this speech within the first week, for example, it would have been a lot more difficult.
I my speech went pretty well. It was difficult for me to decide on what to include and what not to include about Pops, we had so many experience and memories together that I felt like I wanted to include everything. I had a fun formulating this speech and it was nice reminiscing on all the times we had together, really trying to remember everything and asking my brother about his experiences with Pops brought a lot of memories back, and I am greatful for that. I feel I did a good job in structuring my speech and balancing the amount of humor and seriousness that was necessary to truely represent who Pops was and how he effected me. For my presentation itself, I was somewhat comfortable in my projection and voicing, but I could tell that I was fidgeting and moving around far to much – helpful feedback from my classmates confirmed this. I am not sure what I can do to help work on this, other than just presenting and practicing in front of an audience more. I only really practiced speaking to myself, so maybe presenting to my friends or family might help refine this in this regard.
I felt as if this was my best speech for a few different reasons. The first being that I was more enthusiastic going into this speech as I was able to talk about someone who had been a part of my life for many years and who has always been by my side. Talking about Daniella was easy, and I didn’t find myself struggling too much on what to say as I know our friendship so well everything was based off memories. The next reason was that I felt my outline was solid and the transitions flowed nicely. I did a timeline approach to it starting from when we first met to the present. Lastly, I think my photos were a nice touch without being distracting and helped the audience get an idea of what Daniella looks like and possibly how she is as a person. I enjoyed this speech and hope I conveyed to the audience the impact Daniella had on my life.
Overall I think Speech 3 went well for me. I was really happy with my introduction closing into my ending with the same kind of phrase and word which I used “sacrifice” to tie in everything . Not just did I say it but explained it very throughly beginning, middle and end. I was definitely more confident in this then my dry run, I was more relaxed and portrayed that and have grown as a speaker since the first one because in the end you have to think not everyone s going to remember exactly what you said. My layout was good I thought that I organized it well and it dint come across as disorganized or choppy. One thing I could improve on going on our last speech is moving less, some of my comments from my classmates were less moving during the speech almost like I was fidgeting which could distract what I was saying. Overall in the end I was happy and confident during my speech 3 and I can’t wait to hear others and start working on our last one soon.
After finishing the Speech 3 project and presentation in class on Friday, I think that it went really well. I used the outlines given to us in class to make sure I was hitting every mark, and made sure that my speech would fit within the requirements of this project. This speech was a weird one for me, I thought it was easier to do because it was about someone that I really cared about however I also had a harder time making sure my outline and speaking points were perfect. Even though my person would not be there for this presentation of the speech, I still felt like I was presenting it to them and wanted it to be as perfect as possible, but I think this was something that everyone was feeling. I still struggled with the pacing of my speech when I presented it on Friday, I naturally talk very fast and being put in a public speaking setting that fast-paced speech really comes out of me. But I was proud of myself for not stuttering over my words, so I can see that improvement. I think the thing I truly need to focus on during the next speech will be my talking speed, and being able to go slower. Overall, I do think that this was quite a confident speech and is giving me the perfect progression on the way to the final speech.
Now that I have finished and delivered my speech, I feel refreshed. It did not go exactly as planned, I believe I rushed myself a little bit and used some spacer words. I was pretty nervous before and when I got up there. I believe throughout the whole process, I was engaged and constantly making edits to my speech that needed it. I constantly got good feedback from my peers and used some of their ideas in my speech. I never had many struggles throughout it, just while delivering since I was nervous. I did have a lot of successes along the way since it turned out to be pretty good. My classmates seemed to have liked it as well and were engaged with me the whole time. I would say overall this speech was a success and I have grown as a public speaker.
After I presented my final today I realized that I actually really enjoyed this speech. It was easy for me to talk about my mom and when I told her that I was giving the speech about her she was really happy. I was nervous about the length of my speech and also my eye contact. The feedback paper that was given to me by my classmates at the end was all very positive and nice to hear. As predicted my most common constructive feedback was to make more eye contact. This just means that for the next speech I probably have to prepare a little better. You live and you learn. Not only did I enjoy giving/writing my speech but I’ve also really liked listening to others. There’s something really sweet about listening to people talk about those they care about. Also even though a lot of people have done the same, everyone has put a unique twist on their speech and no two stories have been the same. I enjoyed this and am looking forward to hearing the rest of the speeches.
After presenting my speech in class today, I felt really good with how it came out. I was extremely nervous for this speech as I was talking about a relative who had passed. My papa was a key figure in my life, and I really wanted to portray him perfectly with out getting emotional. I am super proud of myself for delivering this speech without tears as this was one of the most challenging things I have ever done. The feedback my classmates gave me was so nice and it further made me feel so good about my speech. I do still think I could work on eye contact with the crowd. When I am nervous, eye contact is the last thing I think about so I would really like to prioritize eye contact for my last speech.
This project was quite stressful at times for a number of different reasons. To begin, I will say that I am super glad this project is done with. There were so many hiccups as I was drafting my speech outlines because I did not want to misrepresent my mom or choke up as I was making my points. I have to admit that I did not fully engage with this project emotionally. There is a lot to say about what my mom has done for me, but bringing those points up in front of a crowd of unfamiliar peers is not necessarily something that I was ready to do. I did my best. The verbal feedback was positive for my final speech, as were the written notes, but I did get a few recommendations to not say ‘um’ so much.
This project showed me how comfortable I am with my emotions and how open I am about them. Well, it reinforced what I already knew. The wait time from the beginning of the project until the final presentation date was long to say the least. It ended up stressing me out more than it should have because I had the chance to see how my peers connected with the people who they chose to talk about, and I felt guilty for knowing I would not be able to express myself in the same way. This was an assignment that really challenged me, and I appreciate that.
Overall I think my speech three went really well. I happened to lose my train of thought when there was some door traffic, that lead me to look at my paper and just think. Despite that I just said a few ums and uhs. People say that talking about a loved one is easy, and to some point I think it is that being said I don’t want to portray my loved one in a bad way. Some of my peers say I ramble and jump around a bid, but thats just how I am when I’m a little stressed. My grampy means the world to me, he really does teach me how to better care for others. The feedback I got was all positive, despite my little comments that I mentioned above. I feel like adding the visuals really showed my grampys character while also showing our connection. I think that I could work on my eye contact a bit more and working on being less fidgety. Throughout the group process I received some pointers and additions that would help emphasize my key points in my speech. However I’m very glad that this speech is over cause it made me proud to share my grampys story with the class, I’m also proud that I was able to somewhat explain my grampys health conditions.
What I feel as though I can take away from speech 3 is that some of the best brainstorming comes when you least expect it. A lot of my favorite parts to my speech did not come to me when I sat down and stared at a screen with an outline, rather a lot of my ideas and points came to me when I was listening to music or talking with friends. However, what I feel as though I need to improve upon is when I have an official outline done is then talking with others again. I feel as though I did my process backwards by talking to friends and family and then writing an outline down versus drafting an outline and then presenting it. I still feel as though it was helpful to interact with others about my ideas but I need to follow through after making my outline a bit more. The most critical feedback I got from this speech was to make more eye contact or to look less at my outline, otherwise I feel more confident about the pace and tone of my speaking. Overall, I am much more proud of myself after this speech than I was after the first speech, I focused a lot more on not stressing out or getting in my head before the speech which helped my body language and my pace a considerable amount. The topic was interesting and I am proud of how I delivered it since it was such an important person.
I believe speech 3 went pretty well. There were a lot of repeats on the type of person we wrote about but they were all executed differently and everyone’s was engaging. There wasn’t a point where I was like “uh another speech like the last one”. Overall, I believe I participated a bit more than the past, and I was very engaged in everyone’s speech since everyone had something unique that stood out in my opinion. It was difficult for me to pick someone since I have a few people I would give a speech about and what everyone to know about but picking my dad I believe was a good choice.
I think my speech went very well. Originally, I didn’t plan to step away from the table and talk directly with the class with no outline, but I feel like that made more of an effect and showed everyone the importance of what I was talking about. I worked really hard on this project especially because I wanted to do it justice for such a great guy. I had one of my friends record it because I wanted to show him. He really enjoyed it and I’m super happy with how it went overall. The preparation was solid, I did bits and pieces of it leading up to the speech so I didn’t leave it all for the last minute. The feedback I received from my classmates was overwhelmingly nice and I appreciate all the thoughtful comments I got. I’ll use what I learned from this speech, like to prepare before so I don’t have as much stress at the end, to make an even better speech 4.
I definitely think that with each speech my public speaking skills have continued to improve. I think that speech 3 was certainly the most difficult speech yet. I am a very open person and normally don’t get too nervous before our speeches, but being vulnerable and talking about someone who means so much to me is quite difficult. That being said, I think I did a good job, I know due to my nervousness I did not have the best body language as well as eye contact. I think I spoke well but with little improvements to these aspects and the speech would have been much better. I am still proud of my speech and I hope I was able to pass over some of the lessons Bobo taught me, to the class.
Overall, I think speech 3 went well. As I reflect on my work, I feel like I was much more comfortable speaking compared to the first 2 projects. my primary focus for this project was on my outline and I was happy with how prepared I felt for my speech. I do think that time was a problem because I still felt like a rushed through it. I really enjoyed working on this speech and watching everyone develop their own. Originally, I thought this speech was something we could have done before the teaching a skill project, but looking back on it now, we needed to build a stronger sense of community in the classroom so we could each present these emotional speeches. It was a wholesome experience being able to see through a small window into everyone’s lives and I think that’s something that I will take with me once thing class is complete.
After finishing this speech, I am very happy with how it went. I did a lot of editing to my speech, and the end result was very good. The whole process was enjoyable for me. Talking about someone who means a lot to me was very engaging. While presenting my speech, I found it easy and natural to speak about Natasha. I was definitely a little nervous going into it because I really wanted to portray her well. I was more nervous towards the beginning of the speech, but I felt like as I went on, I became more comfortable up there. One thing I could improve on is limiting my use of spacer words (um). Overall, I thought my speech was successful and I am proud of how it went. I also really enjoyed listening to everyone’s speeches. The whole project was engaging.
Considering that I gave my speech a week after I was originally supposed to deliver it, I think that simultaneously worked for and against me. I had way more time to rehearse and work out the kinks of my speech, but I was also so far from when I initially started planning and brainstorming that I might’ve lost some of the intent I originally wanted. Overall, I think my delivery was fairly decent. One of my huge struggles is fidgeting and moving around while I publicly speak. I caught myself on a few occasions, but I definitely resorted to that multiple times. My eye contact started out strong, but even while rehearsing there were some parts of my speech that I simply could not remember, so I felt myself staring at my outline at those parts. I wanted to emphasize the quotes I included, as well as the transitions from the sillier and humorous points to the more serious points. My notes on tone, pace, and slide changes helped me a lot in order to have smooth transitions on my end, while also allowing the audience to acknowledge where the speech was going. I was worried that my slideshow would overpower and be the main focal point of my speech, but by allowing the audience to have a few seconds to view the pictures and to link what I was saying with images, I think it nicely supported my speech. All of the images I choose, directly portray who my dad is and the relationship we share, which is why I decided they would best allow the audience to view who he is, what he does, and to answer some of the questions people might have. All in all, I think the amount of time I spent planning and rehearsing paid off, but there’s always room for improvement.