Informative Speech: The History Of Alton

There is no question that after giving about four speeches, I have become a much better overall public speaker. In the beginning of the semester, I would tend to get nervous during some of my speeches and consequently the delivery of my speech would be greatly affected. If I had made a mistake, my level of nervousness would drastically increase and I wouldn’t know how to correct it. Although today I have improved on these aspects. Normally in order to control my nerves I try to think as positively as possible. This is critical because when I start to think even a little bit negatively then I severely hurt my chances of giving a good speech. Instead today, my main priority is to stay very confident and tell myself that I’m going to perform fine.

During the speech, I was also a good speaker in many ways. I had a good voice projection, my hand moment was consistent, I was always facing the audience and held eye contact, and had facial expressions to emphasize the importance of a topic. Right off the bat when I was explaining my citation saying According to the U.S Census Bureau “there are alone 5.7% Asian’s in the United States,” I was pointing my hands to make sure everyone was paying attention to the numbers. Another thing I did well during the speech was, that I kept eye contact with everyone during the speech

I am fairly nervous for my speech today because I didn’t get to prepare as well as I would have liked. I got called into work last night and had to work with a new person and they had no clue how to do anything, so not only did I have to train them, but I didn’t get to practice my speech as much as I would have liked. I almost guarantee I’m going to talk too fast and not make the time limit. I’m also a little apprehensive just because of the type of speech this is, and I have never actually done a toast before. I have spoken in front of many people before at a ceremony in my high school, because I was a board member in National Honor Society. I had to speak on behalf of my fellow members and honor the new inductees. I am really hoping, and

After completing the speech, I thought I did good in some area and can improve other. While giving this speech I was able to focus on my topic and utilize given time. I thought I won’t be able to stand in front of the class and speak for that long, but I went over the time limit. I’m sure I was able to explain the subject matter and entertain audiences. I also believe I speak with a voice that is able to reach all audiences.

Not putting the time when it can to going over my outline and rehearsal made it difficult to communicate towards my audience. Even though I my audience provided positive feedback I still feel that it could have been better. I did have verbal clutter and I also didn’t use hand jesters as a part of my communication. In addition to my second speech, I felt that I got lost for a little bit even though I manage to pull myself together. I feel now, this could have easily been fixed if I had the time to practice my

I had everything planned out precisely at the beginning of the week. I scheduled my audience and my location. An hour before the presentation, a number of my audience members were called away to investigate criminal cases that came up. In addition, the room that I had scheduled had to be occupied by other members of the office. Therefore, within an hour or so, I lost my venue and audience members. I scrambled to find another location and audience members. Due to these circumstances, I feel as if this speech was not my best performance. I felt rushed and lost my focus on the material that I have been working on intensely for this assignment. I do not feel as if I gave an adequate representation of the American Hero Marcus Luttrell. I could have spent hours talking about his story and his determination to survive dire

My voice becomes shaky and everything that I was going to say has suddenly escaped out of my brain. I felt that I knew my material pretty well but I wasn’t sure about my pace on that slide. I had practiced what I was going to say but I had never timed myself. I did not feel that my group, as a whole, was prepared because we had never practiced as one. If I could go back and start this group experience over from the beginning, I would have made sure that we have had more meetings and timed our completed presentation.

For most of us, it was to be the last normal day for a long time.

For some - those whose loved ones perished when the jets crashed and the towers came down - it was to be the last normal day forever.

But on Sept. 10, 2001, it was business as usual.

The Yankees were doing well, and even Mets fans had reason for hope. Michael Jordan was going to the Washington Wizards, and Venus and Serena Williams advanced to the U.S. Open final. Venus would win.

Michael Jackson had celebrated the 30th anniversary of his solo career over the weekend with a star-studded concert. He showed up late, of course.

In Washington on Sept. 10, 2001, President George Bush declared war on illiteracy; Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld declared war on waste at the Pentagon;

Public speaking can be very stressful, regardless of the many techniques out there to assist in calming your nerves. I think that every “first time” is a failure to me. If I’m starting a new class, leading a certain briefing, or addressing new people, I will always walk away with the feeling I could have done better. However, with that way of thinking I feel like it has pushed me to do better and I still use this to continue to show improvement. The first briefing I did as a young soldier to my superior command was almost too overwhelming. I found that after a few minutes it immediately got easier. I now use this experience to assist myself in current situations. I can become very nervous due to the fact that I’m competitive in everything

My volume and background noise was perfect and I made sure to try and keep a smile in my voice to try and mask my nervousness! Based on the feedback of my audience, I do believe that my message was received loud and clear on the presentation. Also, the questions from the others made me feel like they thought what I was saying was very interesting. My conclusion, in my opinion, was very soft and wasn’t as strong as it needed to be. I tried to be sure that I left my audience with something to think about and try and maybe go on a scavenger hunt in their daily lives to find things that may be a skill I did not list. As with everything, I need improvement in a few areas. The use of the word “um” needs to be nonexistent! Maybe that was my anxiety and nervousness coming out? Either way, I need to eliminate the word from my vocabulary especially when presenting. Also, with my tone of voice, in a few sections, sounded like I was reading off paper. Even if I was those few times, I need to change how I read and my tone when reading. My storylines were off the topic in one section, so I need to be able to go over my presentation and outline a few times before going live to make sure I am saying everything I want to say at the appropriate

it all in the presentation I was very nervous and talked fast. I am afraid that it didn’t go as well.

The informative speech that I presented on Friday, which was about how to make gingerbread cookies went better that I though. I succeed in some aspects of the speech in others not. I still have couple points that I need to improve for my next speech and I hope I do much better than I did. The aspects I effectively accomplished in my speech were; good organization, good preparation, appropriate tone of voice and good eye contacts. The weakness points that I need to improve or perfect are the anxiety that I had, the topic of my speech and my body language.

When I got up in front of the audience, I became really nervous even though I was well-prepared. I could feel my hands shaking and my heart beating. In the middle of my speech, I got a sudden sense of dread that something was wrong. I thought that maybe I had forgotten something

The actions I took to prepare for this speech impacts how I will prepare for future speeches is by continuing to rehearse until I’m able to proceed without looking at my speaking outline. I’ll study my preparation outline more than my speaking outline because I feel better reading and remembering the outline with more details. To improve my anxiousness when being in front of our class I believe it’s all based on experience so I’ll probably be more relaxed next time. Also, I’ll try and keep something positive in my mind before presenting. For my next speech, I’m going to have to condense my preparation outline more by making final decisions on points that I’m indecisive about, whether I like it or not, because they take up time. Instead of using filler words I’ll try and just pause to regain my thoughts. At last, I believe I did well at speaking in good pronunciation and articulation but I give credit to the fact of studying my preparation outline which allowed me to speak fluently as

Audio only: Thought I had a strong introduction, and introduced what I would be focusing on in my essay. I believe I sound fairly confident and seem to be speaking at a pace that is clear to understand and enunciated each syllable. As the speech progresses, it seems as if I’ve lost some confidence, I use more filler words, and repeat myself a little bit. My ending was very weak, and it is something I realized as soon as I said it. My plan was to do a formal conclusion, thanking the audience, but I became nervous and said: “and yes”.