self evaluation

Recycling is important to our world today, that’s why I have chosen this topic for my persuasive speech. I thought that it would be a good idea to let others know how important it is to recycle for our planet and for us. I wanted to persuade others to start recycling in their own homes and I wanted to show them how easy it was and tell the audience of how much garbage we are putting into our landfills.

I think that I achieved the purpose of my speech because I feel like I got through to my audience with all the facts and statistics that I had in my speech. When I was researching my topic even I was surprised by the numbers and how much trash we wasted. I think I got through to my audience because I told them how easy it was and the consequences that would happen if we didn’t recycle and continue on the path that we are on now.

For our last speech I didn’t feel as confident as my first two speeches because I didn’t really practice my speech until the night before. I just had a lot on my mind with school and work and practicing my speech didn’t really occur to me until the night before we had to present. I kind of felt uncomfortable giving my speech because I didn’t really memorize anything except the intro to my speech, but all the statistics and facts that I had in my speech I could remember any of them. When I was giving my speech I didn’t feel as confident as when I gave my first two speeches and there was a lot more people this last time then there was the first time.

What I would change in my preparation would probably have to be me practicing my speech more than I did. I would change my organization of my outline because I didn’t know that there was another format that we had to follow when we did our second speech. So I didn’t know what was needed for the outline. In my delivery, I would change me not looking at my note cards that much.

The thing that I noticed that I did different from my last speech was I practiced way more then I did then for this speech. I hardly looked at my note cards for my second speech and for our last speech my eyes were glued to the note cards. My outline for my second speech was way better then my last speech because I didn’t know what was required for the last one. I think for this last speech I had a better power point presentation then I did for my second because I noticed that some of my slides from my second speech didn’t really go with what I was saying. I also think that I didn’t say um and like as much as I did in my first and second speeches than in my last.

I think the only thing I did distracting was looking at my note cards a lot and I noticed that I was moving my legs a lot. Then at one point I crossed them which I didn’t even notice until I saw myself do it. An improvement that I had from my last speech was that my slides went with what I was saying not like my second speech.

I would rate my eye contact a three or a four because I know I really wasn’t looking at the audience. At times I really did try and look at my audience while I was talking but I didn’t memorize my speech that much for me to keep staring at them. I could see it in the video and I could feel myself looking at my note cards more than the audience.

I think I would give myself at least a C because I think I could, actually I knew I could have done better but I just didn’t take the time to practice my speech. It was just my eye contact and memorizing my speech. The thing that I think I did well was not saying um or like. But besides the eye contact I think I did pretty well, my volume was pretty good and I tried to say some words with emphasis to get my point across.

I think that my second speech was better because I memorized it better then our last speech. I practiced our second speech way more but the only thing wrong with my second speech was that my slides from my presentation wasn’t going with what I was saying. My outline for my second speech was also better then the outline for my second speech. From my speech I noticed that I cited my sources about four times that I have counted while watching the video unless I missed some.

Well I didn’t have my second speech recorded but from what I can remember from my second I think that my best speech was my first speech. From what I saw and heard it looked and heard like I was more passionate about my topic then my other speeches. I enjoyed talking about Hawaiian leis because no one else knew about it and they looked interested in my topic. I also felt confident in presenting my speech because I k new what I was talking about.

Overall I think I did a good job considering the time I had to practice. I did what was asked of me and I tried doing them to the best of my abilities. So I hope my last speech really influenced some of the people in the audience to start recycling because it will save our future. I think that I got through to the audience with my speech.

What I'm taking from this class

From this class I will take the experiences and feedback that I had during my presentations and use them when I ever need to present a speech or whenever I need to talk in front of an audience. I will also be taking the different ways to not be as nervous when presenting anything in front of an audience. I will also be taking the different ways that I could make the audience feel like they are apart of my speech so they don’t just feel like I am telling them instead including them in what I am talking about. I will try and make my audience feel included in by using pronouns such as we and us instead of I and me.

My favorite speech

I think my favorite speech was my first speech, the informative speech, because I felt more confident giving it. I knew exactly what I was talking about, not like our other speeches where we had research and memorize new information just so we could keep eye contact with our audience. The only thing that I didn’t like about my first speech was that I was really nervous and my speech kind of ran a little to long, so I didn’t time it as well as I thought when I practiced it. I think I liked my first speech better because I was more passionate in giving it.

What I found interesting....

One thing that I found interesting from the reading is the different speeches, like an introduction speech. I didn’t know that just by introducing some one it would be considered a speech. They also consider the person who is announcing the winner to an award a speech. I wouldn’t consider that a speech but I guess if they say it is. What also interested me were the different types of reasoning, I thought there was only one type of reasoning which was reasoning. But there are four which are deductive, inductive, casual and analogical; some of which I have never heard of.

Persuading others

When I was at work today I had to convince a customer to spend at least three hundred dollars so they could get our promotion that was going on. Our promotion was you spend three hundred dollars you get one hundred dollars off. So I had to tell her by spending seventy five more dollars you can get one hundred dollars off and it’s like getting the top, shoes or a dress whatever they choose to be free. I think I was using casual reasoning because I was telling her that she would save money if she spent just a little more and my reasoning worked she went for the three hundred and saved a hundred.

Speech Buddy Videos

I learned that by using one of the elements of arguments it is easier for the audience to see what you are trying to persuade them to do. I think that having a strong claim would really help a speech. I guess a claim can be considered as where you stand towards your topic. The types of appeals that are mentioned are logos, ethos, pathos and mythos. The speaker connects to the audience by trying to relate their topic to the audience’s lives since everyone in the audience had gone through school it seems pretty easy to relate her topic to them.

Interesting concept

A concept that I found interesting in chapter 14 is the ethics part of persuasive speaking. I didn’t know that public speakers had to meet the National Communication Association’s standards of ethical communication. I didn’t know that they had to meet certain standards in order for a public speaker to present their speech. A public speaker can not degrade individuals in their speech if they want to present it. So if a public speaker doesn’t uphold to the NCA’s standards what will happen to the public speaker? I thought that people could say what ever they want because of our first amendment.