My Informative Speech Outline

I did a very good job of getting my three points across without confusing anyone. Another thing I thought I did very well was the visuals I brought in. They were very big and everyone in the classroom was able to see them clearly. As the next speech comes around one thing I need to work on is my eye contact. During my shield speech I only looked up a few times, but I never made eye contact individually with any people. Another thing I can improve is how long I practice for my speech. If I would run through my speech a few times throughout the week and the night before my speech would turn out much better. I also made very well written out index cards, but I did not use them as much of an aid. I think that if I practiced a little more than what I did my speech could have flowed better. During my speech one thing that was really unexpected for me was the time. I came into the speech thinking I would have plenty of time to get everything I wanted to say out, but when I started talking about my family I was already three minutes in. When it came to the actual speech I almost had a small nervous

First, I will start with the aspects that I have exceled at during my informative speech. The first strength would be the use of my sources and how I included them and cited them in the presentation. Overall I found 6 great sources which helped be better

The introduction & attention getter were complete but weren’t very engaging, which in my opinion was my speeches biggest flaw. My speech wasn’t one that as soon as you heard it you gave it your undivided because the importance of they topic in my opinion was very subjective. In my opinion the me employing a very loud, lively attention getter would’ve

In the informative speech, I didn’t many things that were admired and distracting during the speech, and I hope to improve on those distracting interrupting acts on my next speech. During the speech, I did some items that were a little distracting through the speech. As I watched my speech I noticed I had some awkward pauses, bad transitions, some um’s, and a little stuttering throughout the speech. If you look at the speech I tend to stutter which is a little distracting. Talking about the festival Diwali I talk about Rangoli and its colored pattern I stutter and forget what I am explaining. Another thing I could improve on is my transitions when hearing the speech, the transitions are a little rough and not as smooth. During the transition when I switch from talking about the celebrations to the language I say, “with all these celebrations it tends to bring many religions and languages together” doesn’t really make sense and could be spoken a little smoother. Stuttering is also a part of the speech I did during the speech which distracting. Throughout the speech, I stutter during different parts and one of those parts being when I am talking about the different traditions when eating Indian food. I say, “some of the traditions when people eat in India are well we all we eat on our hands,” which is a little annoying. During the speech, I also said um’s during the speech. When citing my source on languages I said some ums, repeating the citation from the notecard. During the speech I had a little tough time with stuttering at moments, saying some um’s, bad transitions, and some pauses in the future I tend to improve it for the next speech.

Overall, I felt that I achieved that goal of informing my audience about experiments in social psychology. Some of strengths include achieving my message, incorporating my sources into the speech, and how well practiced my introduction was. My weaknesses include eye contact, speaking too fast, and wrapping up the speech. I know that after watching myself deliver the speech, I will know what to improve and what to continue doing for my persuasive

Overall the process leading up to the speech was a great experience. Even though our group was close this speech was able to help us learn more about each other. This speech was able to help us understand each other and grow as a group. We learned how to work with each other and adjust work to fit everyone’s schedule. This was a great opportunity for us to show responsibility, teamwork, and leadership. We are satisfied with the grade we got on the speech because we put a lot of time into

I gave a speech about making a strawberry-banana smoothie. Overall, I feel as if I did a good job on this speech. It was an informative speech. Therefore, my goal was to teach people how to make a strawberry-banana smoothie. I feel like any person who saw the speech and the related demonstration would have been able to make a strawberry-banana smoothie. In addition, I feel like I kept the speech simple, so that someone could replicate the process at home without having to refer to notes or any written materials. My peer critiques agree with my self-assessment that the speech was good, overall, but highlighted an area for improvement.

1. What did you did well? Why do you think you did well on these aspects of your speech? Elaborate.

I really enjoyed watching the speech that you chose and reading your post. I watched a speech by Samuel Cohen about raising awareness of the devastating disease Alzheimer’s. I think that both of the speakers did a wonderful job in the delivery of their speech. When Samuel Cohen was giving his speech, he was very sober and wasn’t smiling. This is because it wasn’t a story that he should have been happy about telling about unlike the speaker Mandy Len Catron who gave a more upbeat speech. Both speakers used their hands appropriately when giving their speeches and had good use of visual aids to enhance their speeches and to get their points across. Both speeches were very different and I liked watching both of them because they both did a very

3. Was the speech well-organized? Did it have a robust introduction, a solid body with specific main points, and a conclusion? How was the time allotment for each section (too long, too short?) Were the times dedicated to each section appropriate? (Introduction and Conclusion: between 45 seconds to1 minute; Body: main points each 1:15 – 1:30)

The speaker made direct eye contact at all times unless his head was moving to place emphasis on what he was saying. Further, the speaker spoke loud enough to be heard and did not require me to turn my volume up super high while struggling to hear him. Additionally, the speaker utilized a good pace. He moved slow enough for me to comprehend everything he was telling me but fast enough so that I did not get bored and distracted. Finally, the speaker alternated his pitch throughout the speech which kept my attention. Overall, besides the previously addressed issues, the delivery of the speech was great! I would, however, suggest having more time of the speech spent face to face with the speaker for a more powerful speech.

The deeply researched public policy speeches were better than I anticipated. I thought that more people would have relied on their outline. Most of them looked out at the audience rather than at their outline. I think that people were less nervous and more prepared this round of speeches.

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.

The most frequent mistake I noticed was that I often repeated the same words. For example, when talking about the effects of the declining population, I used the adjective “big” three times in a matter of two sentences. Another problem that became more apparent as the speech went on was that I was not nearly prepared enough. When trying to come up with certain wordings or phrases, that should have already been prepared beforehand, I would look up at the ceiling which would break eye contact with my audience. Due to not being prepared, I would often trip over my words as I said them, which caused me to stop in the middle of sentences. One mistake I made deeply upset me afterwards. I used three outside sources. For two of these sources I orally cited them. However, for some reason, perhaps nervousness, I did not orally cite my third source. The ending of my speech was very weak, as I did not properly expand on it. I did not state any of the main points, nor was it creative. While I have made many mistakes in this speech, all these mistakes can be corrected and learned from for future

Overall, I believe that our speech was a success. Sonia and I wrote our outline together and we followed Toulmin logic for our format. We started with the board point that everyone know driving under the influence is dangerous and then narrowed by adding how many people get multiple DUI and finally the consequences of driving under the influence. In this way, we had a logical and persuasive argument that we both understood. We also decided who would speak which parts on Friday which meant that we both knew what was happening and had time to practice and prepare. I think that when we were speaking we had smooth transitions between our different parts. However, because we did not have the opportunity to practice our speech together the