Now that I have finished Speech 3, when it comes to my engagement, I think I did a pretty good job. I tried to bring out some stories that maybe some of my classmates could relate to. I also enjoyed listening and engaging in other speeches, and understanding why their person was so special to them. The process for this speech was actually one of the more time-consuming outlines. I had to put a lot of thought, trial and error into this speech. Bringing forth stories to really prove my point of how much my mom meant to me was really important. I felt that the dry run for this speech in particular was very helpful. It really gave me a better idea of whether I would meet the time requirements. As I briefly mention, hitting the timing was one of the things I struggled with the most. In the dry run, I definitely lacked confidence. What I learned from this experience is thar practicing really makes a difference. The tone, paise, or length really can change the overall audience experience. With practice I felt a better successs rate, in my memorization, voice, eye contact and timing in the final speech.
I have done it; I finished speech 3. Now that I have finished my overall engagement has been satisfactory. I’ve been on top with everything, including the journals, dry runs and outside practice which has been the most important part of the process which has allowed me to be confident in my delivery. Some things that worked: I thought it was very engaging, and I think that was reciprocated with the audience, per the feedback I received. I also thought the pacing was adequate and took time with my delivery, confidence helped with this. Another thing that worked was the outline. I think I have finally started to create outlines that work for me. Some things I could improve: I’m not sure of my time, but it did feel a little bit short. Another thing I could improve is maybe less monotone of a delivery, possibly more impactful. I really enjoyed the process of creating this speech, for me this speech has been more impactful, which has allowed me to spend more time on revisions, to get it perfect.
I realized after I did my speech that the hardest part was coping with the anxiety of speaking in front of the class. I was very nervous to talk in front of everyone, but I was not nervous about my speech in general. I thought that my actual speech went well, and I spent a lot of time practicing and perfecting the outline. The feedback I got from my dry run really helped me to make sure I did my speech well. I was very relieved when the speech was over, but I felt like it had gone well, which relieved me even more. I do think I could have done a better job engaging with the class. I went home the weekend after I gave my speech, and I showed my sister it was about her and read it to her, and she actually cried; she loved it so much. It made me very happy to know she appreciated it and thought it was great.
After giving my third speech I have experienced a huge relief and less anxiety than before. In the beginning of the semester, I used to feel that I had to overprepare and practice every single line just to be somewhat confident. For this occasion, I took a different route. I decided to change my outline and add more life experiences which turned out to be a great decision. Using my personal experiences in telling the stories made me feel more involved with what I was saying and less concerned about being perfect. It made the whole speech sound more like a conversation rather than a performance.
One of the main reasons why I felt more ready was my dad. He constantly advised me to be calm under pressure and to keep proceeding even if the situation is tough. He has always been a great example of persistence for me, and his words made me strong enough to feel that I could do the speech. He said that preparing is not just about learning the script word for word; it is also about having faith in yourself and talking heart-to-heart. That advice really stuck with me, and it was one of the reasons that I could get through my anxiety.
If I observe my past steps, the changes I have gone through become more visible. I am beginning to understand that being in a prepared state does not equal being perfect it means being honest and assured of your beliefs. This speech has been a learning process for me; I can now see my anxiety as a driving force and understand that telling stories, especially the ones related to my life, makes me a more confident communicator. To sum it all up, this event and my dad’s support have not only assisted me in developing better public speaking skills but have also increased my self-trust.
Before delivering my speech I had less anxiety feeling going up and felt better as I knew what I wanted to talk about. I have never gave a emotional sided speech before and not very well at speaking about emotions but I was able to over come that. Overall, I felt that I have improved on not feeling as anxious before. But as I was speaking for some reason I kept losing my train of thought that causes me to gorget what I was going to talk about and what I already said that lead to long pauses. This could mean that I just needed to practice more to have it better memorized or just need to do better keeping track of what I already have said. After the speech I did feel relief that it was over and better knowing that I can listen to what others have to say. I think having the dry run as well the week before made me feel better prepared and also helped to make me feel better. From this I learned for future speeches I should dry run in front of other people before the delivery in order to see what works and what doesn’t, and to also get feedback from others perspectives. In conclusion, I feel like my anxious feeling is getting better as long as I practice with others before.
I think this speech really got me more invested into public speaking and made it easier for me. Talking about heart warming topics isn’t easy with people you barley know, but I think my preparation and care about my topic made it easy for me. No matter how much you prepare though, there’s always some baseline of nerves you feel going into a speech. There’s always a thought of messing up, or not making the right time. The way I’ve been dealing with that anxious feeling is by imagining the worst possible outcome of what could happen while delivering a speech, and it helps me realize how it really isn’t bad. Overall I think I’ve grown over the last few weeks as a speaker just based on the type of speech we had to deliver.
While I was finishing up my speech 3 I was pretty satisfied with the end result. The 4 minutes was a little hard for me but I was able to calm my nerves and I was not even close to as nervous in relation to our dry run. Im not too sure what changed but im glad there was a change. Having those nerves make it 10x harder to perform a speech in the right direction. Overall I liked speech 3 at times. Yes it was a harder speech compared to our last one because I was alone and I only had myself to lean on when I got nervous and not another person to carry where I left off and that was definitely the challenge and hard because of my anxiety with public speaking but I know I need to get over that so in a way I guess I did enjoy this speech. It was a helpful way for me to improve.
Now that I finished speech 3, I feel good having that weight off my chest. I think I have improved from the dry run, I memorized more of the speech and felt I made eye contact with the audience most of the time. I felt really nervous before my speech but the moment I got up to the front of the class I just thought of myself talking to my friends about my dad and didn’t think of it as a big speech which helped me relax more. The feedback from the dry run, definitely helped me improve. After getting my feedback I worked on rehearsing my speech over and over to make sure I made eye contact with the audience and also formed my outline to help me with key points that I was going to talk about. This speech was much more difficult than the past one, as we did it with partners I was less anxious. Some things I could improve on would be slowing down when I talk, I tend to talk fast when im nervous and make eye contact more frequently with the audience. This speech did help me improve with my anxiety with public speaking as I need to get over this fear. Overall I think this speech did help me improve and im excited for the last speech.
Now that I finish speech 3, thinking back about my engagement I think I did pretty well in trying to stay focused and on track throughout the entire process. I can say that the process was both challenging and rewarding because it made me think deeply about the topic and memories with my grandfather. Working on this speech allowed me to reflect on those meaningful moments and find the right words to express how important he is to me. Along the way, I discovered new ways to organize my ideas and express them more clearly, which helped me grow as a writer, thinker and speaker. I struggled a little at the time of giving the final speech because it didn’t matter how many times I practiced it. By the time I was giving the speech the words weren’t coming out as smooth as I wanted them to. Even so, I tried my best to stay calm and deliver my message with emotion and sincerity. Overall, I’m proud of how much I learned and how my work developed throughout the project.
Now that I have finished speech #3, I feel like I overall did a good job on this speech. It was very meaningful to me and had my audience interested, and engaged. At the very beginning of this assignment I knew who I wanted to write about immediately but I did not know exactly how to approach my writing. After a few days I decided I needed to just bite the bullet and start writing so I did and it was relatively easy. All this to say I feel like I did a good job formulating my speech. When it came to dry run I actually felt okay about this, I obviously was reading my script but I felt like everything was clicking. Between the dry run and the day of my delivery I practiced, tweaked, and rehearsed my speech as I knew I needed to do in order to feel confident and memorize my speech. I was feeling pretty good about giving this speech, everything flowed and was meaningful for me. When I actually delivered my speech I got a little nervous and all of my rehearsal went out the window, I remembered the bulk of my speech according to my outline, but I was blanking on the small details which are important to me, and this kept making me stress out and making myself more anxious. For my last speech I want to rehearse even more, making sure I nail my memorization and make myself feel accomplished.
After giving my final speech, I am overall very happy with how it went. I was upset with how crazy the dry run went, and I worked hard over the week to rehearse a calmer final speech. The speech was very meaningful to me, and I felt very open for parts of it, but I’m glad I went with the person I chose. I don’t think. I would have been able to make any sort of impact on the audience. I feel that for next time, I need to do better with reducing my anxiety, which is currently the biggest thing hindering my delivery. Also, I want to learn how to “wing it” more, because my outlines are still very long and read more like a script. Overall, I am happy with how it went, and I am excited for the last one.
Now that speech 3 is done, I can say that I feel pretty good about myself and my speech. I was very nervous at first, but I feel better now that it is over. I think my engagement was pretty good, I thought my eye contact was good and my tone was good as well. This speech for me was harder to engage with the audience because I was very vulnerable, and I think that is something hard for me to do in front of the class. The process of this speech was the most difficult for me. It was hard pulling together all the stories to make the speech have purpose. Through this I discovered what my mom truly meant to me. After writing all the stories down and saying it out loud, I could see the impact that love has on me through my whole life. A struggle I found while putting together this speech was making sure I did not rush and made sure my pronunciation was clear. I really did my best to practice this so that I can make the 4 minute mark for the speech requirement. Overall, this was my biggest struggle and hardest speech, but I think I overcame all my struggle swhile delivering my speech
12 thoughts on “JOURNAL: Reflection as a Whole”
Now that I have finished Speech 3, when it comes to my engagement, I think I did a pretty good job. I tried to bring out some stories that maybe some of my classmates could relate to. I also enjoyed listening and engaging in other speeches, and understanding why their person was so special to them. The process for this speech was actually one of the more time-consuming outlines. I had to put a lot of thought, trial and error into this speech. Bringing forth stories to really prove my point of how much my mom meant to me was really important. I felt that the dry run for this speech in particular was very helpful. It really gave me a better idea of whether I would meet the time requirements. As I briefly mention, hitting the timing was one of the things I struggled with the most. In the dry run, I definitely lacked confidence. What I learned from this experience is thar practicing really makes a difference. The tone, paise, or length really can change the overall audience experience. With practice I felt a better successs rate, in my memorization, voice, eye contact and timing in the final speech.
I have done it; I finished speech 3. Now that I have finished my overall engagement has been satisfactory. I’ve been on top with everything, including the journals, dry runs and outside practice which has been the most important part of the process which has allowed me to be confident in my delivery. Some things that worked: I thought it was very engaging, and I think that was reciprocated with the audience, per the feedback I received. I also thought the pacing was adequate and took time with my delivery, confidence helped with this. Another thing that worked was the outline. I think I have finally started to create outlines that work for me. Some things I could improve: I’m not sure of my time, but it did feel a little bit short. Another thing I could improve is maybe less monotone of a delivery, possibly more impactful. I really enjoyed the process of creating this speech, for me this speech has been more impactful, which has allowed me to spend more time on revisions, to get it perfect.
I realized after I did my speech that the hardest part was coping with the anxiety of speaking in front of the class. I was very nervous to talk in front of everyone, but I was not nervous about my speech in general. I thought that my actual speech went well, and I spent a lot of time practicing and perfecting the outline. The feedback I got from my dry run really helped me to make sure I did my speech well. I was very relieved when the speech was over, but I felt like it had gone well, which relieved me even more. I do think I could have done a better job engaging with the class. I went home the weekend after I gave my speech, and I showed my sister it was about her and read it to her, and she actually cried; she loved it so much. It made me very happy to know she appreciated it and thought it was great.
After giving my third speech I have experienced a huge relief and less anxiety than before. In the beginning of the semester, I used to feel that I had to overprepare and practice every single line just to be somewhat confident. For this occasion, I took a different route. I decided to change my outline and add more life experiences which turned out to be a great decision. Using my personal experiences in telling the stories made me feel more involved with what I was saying and less concerned about being perfect. It made the whole speech sound more like a conversation rather than a performance.
One of the main reasons why I felt more ready was my dad. He constantly advised me to be calm under pressure and to keep proceeding even if the situation is tough. He has always been a great example of persistence for me, and his words made me strong enough to feel that I could do the speech. He said that preparing is not just about learning the script word for word; it is also about having faith in yourself and talking heart-to-heart. That advice really stuck with me, and it was one of the reasons that I could get through my anxiety.
If I observe my past steps, the changes I have gone through become more visible. I am beginning to understand that being in a prepared state does not equal being perfect it means being honest and assured of your beliefs. This speech has been a learning process for me; I can now see my anxiety as a driving force and understand that telling stories, especially the ones related to my life, makes me a more confident communicator. To sum it all up, this event and my dad’s support have not only assisted me in developing better public speaking skills but have also increased my self-trust.
Before delivering my speech I had less anxiety feeling going up and felt better as I knew what I wanted to talk about. I have never gave a emotional sided speech before and not very well at speaking about emotions but I was able to over come that. Overall, I felt that I have improved on not feeling as anxious before. But as I was speaking for some reason I kept losing my train of thought that causes me to gorget what I was going to talk about and what I already said that lead to long pauses. This could mean that I just needed to practice more to have it better memorized or just need to do better keeping track of what I already have said. After the speech I did feel relief that it was over and better knowing that I can listen to what others have to say. I think having the dry run as well the week before made me feel better prepared and also helped to make me feel better. From this I learned for future speeches I should dry run in front of other people before the delivery in order to see what works and what doesn’t, and to also get feedback from others perspectives. In conclusion, I feel like my anxious feeling is getting better as long as I practice with others before.
I think this speech really got me more invested into public speaking and made it easier for me. Talking about heart warming topics isn’t easy with people you barley know, but I think my preparation and care about my topic made it easy for me. No matter how much you prepare though, there’s always some baseline of nerves you feel going into a speech. There’s always a thought of messing up, or not making the right time. The way I’ve been dealing with that anxious feeling is by imagining the worst possible outcome of what could happen while delivering a speech, and it helps me realize how it really isn’t bad. Overall I think I’ve grown over the last few weeks as a speaker just based on the type of speech we had to deliver.
While I was finishing up my speech 3 I was pretty satisfied with the end result. The 4 minutes was a little hard for me but I was able to calm my nerves and I was not even close to as nervous in relation to our dry run. Im not too sure what changed but im glad there was a change. Having those nerves make it 10x harder to perform a speech in the right direction. Overall I liked speech 3 at times. Yes it was a harder speech compared to our last one because I was alone and I only had myself to lean on when I got nervous and not another person to carry where I left off and that was definitely the challenge and hard because of my anxiety with public speaking but I know I need to get over that so in a way I guess I did enjoy this speech. It was a helpful way for me to improve.
Now that I finished speech 3, I feel good having that weight off my chest. I think I have improved from the dry run, I memorized more of the speech and felt I made eye contact with the audience most of the time. I felt really nervous before my speech but the moment I got up to the front of the class I just thought of myself talking to my friends about my dad and didn’t think of it as a big speech which helped me relax more. The feedback from the dry run, definitely helped me improve. After getting my feedback I worked on rehearsing my speech over and over to make sure I made eye contact with the audience and also formed my outline to help me with key points that I was going to talk about. This speech was much more difficult than the past one, as we did it with partners I was less anxious. Some things I could improve on would be slowing down when I talk, I tend to talk fast when im nervous and make eye contact more frequently with the audience. This speech did help me improve with my anxiety with public speaking as I need to get over this fear. Overall I think this speech did help me improve and im excited for the last speech.
Now that I finish speech 3, thinking back about my engagement I think I did pretty well in trying to stay focused and on track throughout the entire process. I can say that the process was both challenging and rewarding because it made me think deeply about the topic and memories with my grandfather. Working on this speech allowed me to reflect on those meaningful moments and find the right words to express how important he is to me. Along the way, I discovered new ways to organize my ideas and express them more clearly, which helped me grow as a writer, thinker and speaker. I struggled a little at the time of giving the final speech because it didn’t matter how many times I practiced it. By the time I was giving the speech the words weren’t coming out as smooth as I wanted them to. Even so, I tried my best to stay calm and deliver my message with emotion and sincerity. Overall, I’m proud of how much I learned and how my work developed throughout the project.
Now that I have finished speech #3, I feel like I overall did a good job on this speech. It was very meaningful to me and had my audience interested, and engaged. At the very beginning of this assignment I knew who I wanted to write about immediately but I did not know exactly how to approach my writing. After a few days I decided I needed to just bite the bullet and start writing so I did and it was relatively easy. All this to say I feel like I did a good job formulating my speech. When it came to dry run I actually felt okay about this, I obviously was reading my script but I felt like everything was clicking. Between the dry run and the day of my delivery I practiced, tweaked, and rehearsed my speech as I knew I needed to do in order to feel confident and memorize my speech. I was feeling pretty good about giving this speech, everything flowed and was meaningful for me. When I actually delivered my speech I got a little nervous and all of my rehearsal went out the window, I remembered the bulk of my speech according to my outline, but I was blanking on the small details which are important to me, and this kept making me stress out and making myself more anxious. For my last speech I want to rehearse even more, making sure I nail my memorization and make myself feel accomplished.
After giving my final speech, I am overall very happy with how it went. I was upset with how crazy the dry run went, and I worked hard over the week to rehearse a calmer final speech. The speech was very meaningful to me, and I felt very open for parts of it, but I’m glad I went with the person I chose. I don’t think. I would have been able to make any sort of impact on the audience. I feel that for next time, I need to do better with reducing my anxiety, which is currently the biggest thing hindering my delivery. Also, I want to learn how to “wing it” more, because my outlines are still very long and read more like a script. Overall, I am happy with how it went, and I am excited for the last one.
Now that speech 3 is done, I can say that I feel pretty good about myself and my speech. I was very nervous at first, but I feel better now that it is over. I think my engagement was pretty good, I thought my eye contact was good and my tone was good as well. This speech for me was harder to engage with the audience because I was very vulnerable, and I think that is something hard for me to do in front of the class. The process of this speech was the most difficult for me. It was hard pulling together all the stories to make the speech have purpose. Through this I discovered what my mom truly meant to me. After writing all the stories down and saying it out loud, I could see the impact that love has on me through my whole life. A struggle I found while putting together this speech was making sure I did not rush and made sure my pronunciation was clear. I really did my best to practice this so that I can make the 4 minute mark for the speech requirement. Overall, this was my biggest struggle and hardest speech, but I think I overcame all my struggle swhile delivering my speech