Personal Narrative: My Informative Speech

I feel like my informative speech went very well. I worked for weeks on my outline, trying to make sure that it met the requirements and had a good amount of information. I do not like to memorize my speeches, so it is easier for me to give a speech if I have more information, that way I do have "backup" information. The more information I have, the easier it is for me to remember the important as well as small details to help give this speech. I didn't use much for note cards, because that forced me to become more comfortable with my information that I needed to use and explain during the presentation. The speech itself went very well. There were some nerves involved solely because playing my ukulele in front of my classmates was something I'd never done before. I was very excited about this topic because I think that the ukulele is a

During my SHIELD speech, I wasn't very nervous because I was talking about me. It was an easy topic: my friends, family, hobbies, and my future. I've had these talks with a countless amount of people who probably didn't care to hear too much more than what I had to say. Nonetheless, I feel that speech went pretty okay. The difference between this speech and the previous is the amount of nerves due to the familiarity of the subject. When I got to my 3rd point: the different sizes of the ukulele and the differences between them, I was pretty self confident that I knew what I was talking about; after all, I am in band, and it is pretty easy for us band folk to talk about the difference in our instruments. Before those points and facts, I was pretty nervous about giving what came before that part in my speech. This was relatively new information for me, I never thought to look up the history of the ukulele and learn about it's legendary history. While giving this speech, I could not help but think of all the things that could possibly go wrong