Speech Reaction

When I first watched my speech I had no idea that I swayed back and forth so much. I looked absolutely ridiculous and I guess I just did it because of nerves. I also noticed I talked with my hands a lot, which can be very distracting to the audience, when I move them around so much. So besides the fact that I looked kind of crazy, I felt that overall I sounded decent. I was worried that I would forget my lines and just stand up there like an idiot not knowing what to say, but it turned out better than I thought.

The major part with my actual speech that was probably something I could have improved on is how I transitioned from one part to the next. I didn’t smoothly move through the three components of my speech as much as I could have, if I had just practiced more and paid more attention to those areas in need, it could have sounded much better.  Another thing that also goes along with nerves is that I went through my speech rather quickly. When I practiced it I was consistently right at about 3:20, but when I did it in class I was only a little over 2:20. I wish I could have fixed the fact that I went through it so quickly and skipped over a few things. Information wise, I felt I hit all of my points for my entertainment, career, and family relatively well, I could have elaborated a bit more and gone some more in-depth. So overall, considering the fact that I hate getting up in front of people and I was pretty nervous, I did better than I thought  I was going to do, and was pleased with the outcome.