Personal Narrative: My Informative Speech

Though I had some strong points in my informative speech, I still feel there was a lot I could improve upon. I could not recognize any vocalized pauses but I noticed that at certain points of speech where I would transition from one point to another, I would push my glasses up. I don’t remember if this was because my glasses were actually slipping down or because I was nervous. Also, after watching my video, I found that in the beginning of the speech I was swaying a lot, but because I was standing behind the table it wasn’t that noticeable. The one major thing I would change is my choice to stand behind the table. It was something I did unconsciously and out of habit of usually speaking behind a podium, and I did not notice I did it until

it was pointed out. Other than standing behind the table and swaying, I felt that my physical delivery was very good. Though I felt like I had no trouble maintaining the audience’s attention, I felt that I could’ve improved a little bit on my vocal delivery. My vocal projection was good, but often when I looked down on my notecards, I lost my place and started to stutter. I feel that if I organized my notecards better I wouldn’t have lost my place. This was especially true towards the conclusion of the speech. I stuttered and mixed up a lot in the end. Though I mixed up my words in my conclusion, I noticed that I was still able to end well. The audience was able to tell when my speech ended and I felt that I ended very strongly. Overall, I do recognize that my speech was not perfect and was lacking in some areas, but I had some very strong points in my speech as well.