self eval 1

Self Evaluation
For my first speech in this Comm 20 class, I have mixed feelings on how the presentation went as a whole. While of course it was nerve-racking to be giving this speech in the first place, I feel that the time and effort I put into preparing for it did not come across in the actual presentation, for various reasons.
(2)I felt extremely nervous during the entire speech. I was shaking and having trouble concentrating and remembering what I was going to say next. I think this is due to the way that i re-write speeches during other speeches to make it flow better with the other speakers’ presentations. Although I had written the entire speech already I altered the order in which I presented the information and changed the tone of the introduction, which made me less prepared, however I feel that the speech I gave was more appropriate for the audience than the one I had written before.
On the other hand, I feel I did well in a few categories.(1) I feel that I achieved the purpose of the speech, which was to demonstrate something and relate why it was a beneficial thing to learn how to do. I feel the information I gave was very well planed out, but the delivery made it less effective. (8)When reviewing the speech on the video, I feel I had fairly good eye contact, about a 7 or 8, (6)but I used a lot of teenaged words like ‘super.’ This could have given me a better connection with my audience, since they were my age they could see that my topic could be relevant to them too instead of it seeming like gardening was something that older people do, which was one of the things I discussed in my speech. On the other hand, this language would have reduced my credibility.
(3)If I was able to do the presentation over again I would have spent more time focusing on the language I used in the initial speech to make it more college student friendly. (4) In my next speech I would like to have the same balance/ratio of information that I had in this speech, not so much that you feel like there are random facts being thrown at you, but enough to see why the topic is relevant to the audience. (5) I would also like to reduce the amount of times I say certain words, which I think will naturally come with practicing more than I did.
Overall, I think that the speech i gave should have gotten a B. (9)The information was sound with two oral citations, and the demo was well rehearsed and done, but the delivery was a bit spotty, with lowered credibility in the form of the word ‘super’ being used a lot and other generally ‘unprofessional’ language and was very distracting.