On Friday September 23rd, I presented my demonstration speech on how to perform CPR on children and adults over the age of nine. I felt very comfortable with my speech topic and confident that I was prepared enough to give a good demonstration speech on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation. However, I lost control of my emotions and nerves and I was disappointed with that aspect of the presentation but I believe that more preparation could have eased my nerves. For my next speech I believe that I could improve on my use of transitional phrases, nonverbal communication, and the rate at which I spoke. However, I did feel that my demonstration speech clearly showed a process, I also felt that I had a solid credibility statement and attention …show more content…
One of the things that went well was the organization of the speech and the supporting information that I included. My speech clearly showed a process and I was conscious to not add too many points or sub points. I intended to keep my outline and speech simple and straight forward so I could focus on the most important aspects of performing CPR. I felt that I did adequate research that was beneficial to me while I was presenting because I had a vast knowledge on the topic. Because there are many different types of CPR I wanted to focus on one of them instead of them all, I did not want to give the audience too much information on different types of CPR and intended to clearly show the process of one. I also wanted to ensure that the content was relevant to the topic by not straying away from the main points of my speech so I could keep the attention of the audience. Another aspect of my presentation that I thought went well was my credibility statement and attention getter. I thought that my attention getter was strong and surely caught the attention of my colleagues. My colleague that observed my video presentation reassured me that I had a strong attention getter. I also thought that my credibility statement was solid and clearly showed the audience that I have a great deal of knowledge on the …show more content…
I believe that I could definitely improve on my nonverbal communication with the audience. Because I do have anxiety while presenting I tend to avoid eye contact, but after this first speech I realized the importance of connecting with my audience through nonverbal communication. I now know how important it is for a presenter to engage with their audience in more ways than just presenting information. To improve on that aspect of speech giving I will practice in front of family and friends, and make sure that I focus on my nonverbal communication. Because I was very overwhelmed towards the end of my speech I feel that I did not clearly state the main points of my conclusion, and because that was something I feel I could improve on I think that more preparation before the speech will ensure that I can clearly communicate them to my audience. Another aspect of my speech that I would want to improve on before the next one would be my speed and how I communicated with the audience. My time for this speech was three minutes and fifty seconds which is a little over a minute short of what I intended it to be. Although my speech was five minutes long while I was preparing for the speech, once I had to present in front of the class my nerves got the better of me and I started speaking at a rate where it was
Having never done this before, I really didn?t know how long my speech should last
I have improved most in the WOVE area of visual communication this semester. Beginning the course, I did not know the correct way to create a powerpoint presentation that supports the speaker without being a distraction. This semester, I learned that only minimal wording is required on the slides to deliver the main points. The majority of the slideshow can be pictures, charts, or graphs, so long as it remains relevant to the topic. I specifically remember using this new technique for my part of the visual analysis presentation, keeping my bullet points to under five words, if possible.
However, I did notice that there were a few faults in the presentation, one being a fault that I personally consider may have negatively impacted our presentation. It seems to me that I was not able to deliver the presentation to the best of my ability as I had let my nerves get the best of me when talking to the staff. The reason for this was that I was not comfortable with taking on the speaking role that I was given and that there were last minute changes made to my slides right before presenting. Bruner, (1996) stated that the learning process for staff relies on the “meaningful dialogue” that is presented by the presenters. In this case, I think that my speech was not strong enough to grab the audience’s attention, thus not being able to portray my message about what an Ofsted inspection is and what the results from an Ofsted inspection mean. Nevertheless, although I was not able to present to the quality that I had wished, the feedback received was reassuring that I had not done terribly bad. I was able to see myself grow as a presenter as I noticed that my
The introduction mentioned this as I stated this is how I would prepare someone to go skiing. By including my own experience, I gave myself credibility and brought attention to the topic by saying I had been skiing ever since I could walk. It also prepared the audience for what to expect from the speech. The first transition was smooth because it went from overview to the first topic, but the next few transitions could have been improved. I wrote what I wanted to say on the notecard, but when it came time to conclude the paragraph, the transition did not sound as good as I would have like it to.
After reviewing my presentation and examining The Exceptional Presenter by Tim Koegel, as well as Aly Sherali’s presentation, I have identified several areas of improvement for my presentation skills and established goals for my next presentation. If you have any feedback or additional comments you would like to share, please contact me at mwesson@tulane.edu
Intended audience: My intended audience for this presentation are healthcare workers in the acute care setting.
For the informative speech I chose to inform my audience about Muncie Indiana. I did this topic to get the attention of ball state students, and make them realize what an awesome place Muncie Indiana really is. I informed them on the history of Muncie to hopefully encourage them to get more involved in the community outside of classes. I feel that the students learned a lot about Muncie they would have never known. I do believe could have done a better job at making in more intriguing and kept their attention all the way through my speech. If I would have done this better I would have been able to sale the idea getting more involved with the city that brought thousands of students their college education.
I was able to talk to my client without being visibly nervous. I am proud to say I handled my client’s problems as they came up without fear that I may say the wrong thing. In the first video, I found myself repeating things, for what reason I do not know. I can say my nonverbal skills need improving. One specific aspect of the interview was my hand gestures and motions. I really got involved with my client’s problems, and the way I tried to help her understand what I was saying and to get an understanding what she was saying, so I used my hands. I tried to keep by body in a position that would let the client know that I was using attentive listening skills. I cared about why she came to the facility for help. Each session, I adjusted my seat to make eye contact so my client could like she could trust me with her information and that I cared enough to listen to her
After re-watching my persuasive presentation a few times I was able to effectively critique myself, and what I found was that there were some things that I did well and some things that I did not do well that I did not even notice I was doing during the presentation itself. Although I was happy with how my speech turned out there were multiple aspects such as my introduction, conclusion, deliver, and a few other minor things that could have been improved upon.
As someone who suffers from severe anxiety in situations like public speaking, I was very nervous about my first attempt in doing so. I tried to practice my speech without writing it out word for word, thinking this would help prevent it from being robotic and overly stylized. I think that part of this goal was achieved. However, while I was pleased with the central idea of my Pixar personal speech being relatively clear, after watching my video there were a few things that stood out as need some improvement.
Making a successful public presentation or speech to an audience was a very big task for me before I joined the public speaking class. I was always frightened and very nervous. Since then I now understand the process of making a speech or a presentation including coming up with a topic and from this topic develop the main points of the speech, research, organize my points, revise them, edit and make a magnificent presentation to any audience. People in the audience might sometimes agree or disagree with my opinion or points, it was therefore necessary to communicate my information clearly to the audience without making any judgments since every person was entitled to a different opinion and views about things.
I could have tried to make ti so that when I was done I could have tied the whole analogy together and made it connect to all the skills that I said I have improved on. For showing my progress as a learner I think the way that I presented was one of the main things that showed some of my progress making it so that you could actually here me when I was giving my presentation which is something that has always been a problem when I have to talk in front of people. I also think that even though at the end of my presentation I didn’t obviously say my over all opinion about how I have improved I thought my evidence that I had given through out the presentation worked well with the points that I was trying to say I improved on. Along with making sure that what I was comparing it to was very specific so that people didn’t start to think of another part of the project that I was using that I might to have improved on confusing them. Over all I think that my POL compared to others was not to bad. I think for sure that I did better then last year because of how I presented this time
Throughout the semester I became a more confident public speaker. The first assignment that we had to do for our education class was to introduce our self. I practiced what I was going to say and how I was going to say it that weekend. However, when I got up to present my mind went completely blank. Throughout the course of the semester I learned what I need to have up with me when I present do that I do not blank on what I wanted to say. In the beginning when I got up to present my heart was racing and my hands were shaking. Now I make sure I breathe and tell myself that I know what I am going to talk about. So I still don’t talking in public but I feel more comfortable doing it. I need to work on being more confident when I have to present a topic. Talking to Mrs. Nealy after my mini lesson I have more confidence when I am talking about a math concept than any other topic. Throughout the semester my writing skills have greatly improved. The thing I need to work on is managing my time better so that I have more time to edit my papers.
Verbal and non-verbal skills are other important techniques relevant to public speaking that greatly contributed to my personal development as a public speaker. During my lessons, I did learn that body language is an important aspect of speech delivery. Facial expression and body movement really matter to an efficient public speaker. Learning how to tailor my speech to suit my audience’s needs through non verbal and verbal techniques will actually contribute to my success as a communicator.