My overall impression on my speech was better than I anticipated. I was very nervous and anxious to get the speech over. I could tell that in the pace of my speech. I was rushing through it and at times it was hard for me to keep track of my place on the outline. I thought I gave good eye contact and I stayed on the speech path, but I could have projected my voice more so that it would have been easier to hear and understand what I was saying. I felt that the delivery was good but I could have moved around more and gave more hand gestures to keep my speech alive. Although I didn’t feel it was a boring speech, I feel like I still tell showed how nervous I really was by the body chemistry I gave off.

I prepared a lot for the speech and I went over the speech 3 times in front of the camera at home. I think this helped me a great deal because I had full knowledge of what my speech was about. Because I was nervous and rushing through my speech I often lost my place on my outline, but was able to wing it because I had practiced. It helped a lot that I did my speech on a topic that I am very familiar with and used to talking about. I also used the technique in the chapter that tells you that when you are nervous take a deep breath and use a focus word, mine was “Money”. This technique helped me a great deal in the beginning because I actually felt overwhelmed and on the verge of an anxiety attack. Using this technique calmed me down and made me able to deliver my speech.

I think I could use improvement in my delivery. Making sure I pronounce my words and speak at a level that everyone can hear what I am saying. I also would like to work on loosing the word “um”. I used it a lot as filler when I lost my place in the speech. I would like to be able to deliver a speech and feel confident enough to move around and interact with the audience more. I would also like to be able to look at the script less and deliver more from what I practiced rather than reading verbatim from my outline.

I would point my 3 learning goals out as (1). Even if I am nervous I would like to be able to keep it inside and still deliver a flawless speech. (2). Stop using the word “um” in the gaps of my speech and still be able to deliver the speech smoothly. (3). I would like to be able to move around and inter act with my audience during my speech.