Self-Evaluation 3

As the third speech was approaching, I felt confident. The last two speeches that I have given have gone over extremely well so I was not worried about this last speech. The topic that I chose was genocide and I think that I achieved the purpose well. I informed my audience about genocide, told them about what happens to those who genocide is being inflicted upon, and then gave solutions. Out of the fifteen feedback sheets I received, twelve said that my speech was highly persuasive.

During the speech, I feel like I was confident but not confident enough. There were some parts of my speech that I could not remember for the life of me so I was nervous about them but when it came down to it, I ended up being able to complete those parts without fumbling my words. I noticed that the time was winding down quickly so when it came to my conclusion I missed a sentence or two and stumbled a few times.

If I had to do this speech all over again, I would explain more ways for everyone to get involved. I could have done more research on it but it was hard to find solutions because it is mostly something that the government has to get involved with. In preparation, I would have studied my speech a lot more. I wanted to be able to memorize my whole speech and not use my note cards but I was unsuccessful at doing so. I think that the organization of my speech was good as well as my support, but for the delivery I think that if I had practiced more, I wouldn’t have stumbled.

Something that was different from my last speech that was good was that I didn’t say any “ums” or “likes.” This was something that I wanted to focus on with this last speech so I am glad that I accomplished it. Something that was different from my last speech that is considered bad was that I didn’t practice it as much, so I used my note cards a lot more. Like I stated before, I wanted to be able to accomplish this last speech without using any note cards but I ended up using them way more than I actually had the last two speeches.

I didn’t do anything distracting in this last speech. I stood still, made eye contact, and refrained from all of the “ums” and “likes.” I am happy to say that this was definitely an improvement from my last speech! I thought that my last speech went well but after watch the tapes again I realize how annoying filler-words are.

On a scale of 1-10, I would rate my eye contact an 8. I used my note cards but the only time I read directly off of them was from quotes. On a scale of A-F, I would give myself a “b.” If I had more of my speech memorized and I did not stumble on my words, I would have given myself an "A." I know that I can do better; I just needed to practice my speech more. However, I did accomplish the purpose of my speech and I did successfully persuade my audience to get involved!

This speech was not better than my last speech. I felt a lot more confident in my last speech because I knew every single detail and I practiced a lot more. I also didn’t use my note cards as much last time, because I had most of my quotes memorized. In my speech, I mentioned my sources six times. Based on my review of all three of my speeches, I think that I performed my second speech the best. It was the speech that I spent a lot of time on and practiced the most. I knew it better than I knew my first and third speech and I felt really confident while giving it.