Self Evaluation Informative - University of Texas CM 306

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Self Evaluation: Informative I believe the overall presentation of my speech was effective, it served its purpose: to inform. There were definitely stylistic hiccups, but it did not take away too mu... ch from the message. Throughout the entire presentation I had busy hands and an unenthusiastic tone. On top of all of that, I had several fluency breaks ranging from repeating words to uhs and ums to even slowing my words. If I were to improve on my gestures and voice, I think my speech would have been at least 10 times better. Personally, I felt my introduction was strong. It served as the attention getter and the preview. It didn’t give away my speech and left my audience wanting a little more information on each point. The thesis gave a clear and concise overview of what will be presented in the very near future. I do think on the tape I sounded too structured and formulated, but again it did not ruin the speech. During my introduction at 11:58 on the tape, I noticed I was rotating my body quite a lot. My body movements made it quite distracting to try and focus on the message. Also, my introduction needed more enthusiasm, while I had great structure it was difficult to tell through my monotone. During the meat of my speech, I relied heavily on my note cards. This dependency took away from audience eye contact and served as another distraction for my audience. The visual aid came into play with my first body point, which at 12.20 I turned and looked at the pictures and again at 13.20, I feel like that was very unprofessional in that I took my attention off of my audience. I also slurred my words in my first point; I need to word on pronunciation so my listeners can understand my speech. I know it has already been mentioned, but more meaningful gestures would have my body points more effe [Show More]

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