Download Lecture Notes on Self Critique | COMM 250 and more Study notes Communication and Presentation Skills in PDF only on Docsity! Self Critique Part 1 – Going into my speech I was a bit nervous but not quite as nervous as I had expected. During my introductory speech I was a lot more nervous. I was worried about whether or not my timing would be on or off, if I would start shaking and people would know that I was nervous, and if I would mess up anything in my speech or leave something out. All these factors and more contribute to that anxiety so from now on I will try not to think about them/block them out to a certain extent. When I was done with my speech I felt relieved. It felt like I got something done with and it took the weight off of my shoulders. I felt like my delivery was ok but not my best by any means. Part 2 – I felt like my sound was fairly good. I felt as if I had a stronger, louder voice that people could here and understand. Even though I felt nervous – and at times may have looked it as well, I used my voice to show confidence and preparedness. Although I liked how my thesis looked on paper, I now feel like it was good but could have been more ‘attention-grabbing’ and sharp. I did however, feel like my introductory and layout was clear and well organized. I started out with a historical background and into present day events. My I felt that my conclusion was also ‘planned out’ well. I gave a brief reference to my main points and thesis but ended on a deeper more important note on how tailgating is only as good as its people and their spirit and attitudes. When I gave the history of tailgating I felt that people could have started to get uninterested do to the length of the quote. Part 3 – I feel like my delivery is what I needed to work on the most. I felt like my layout and organization was very good but my preparation was not quite up to par. I didn’t realize how much I was looking down at my notes. I was referring to them too much which made eye contact weaker than it should have been. Because this made me a bit more nervous at first it made me move around more and say too many ‘ughs’. I did feel like my volume however was very good. I would try to sound confident but not to where I would not be talking to someone in a normal fashion (I didn’t want to sound like a robot). Part 4 – Overall my strongest aspects of my speech were my organization and speech layout and my volume and sound. My weaknesses were my delivery and preparation. I felt like it was a topic that could have been funny, yet interesting and if I would have been able to speak more on my own without notes it would have been a lot smoother. Having memorized it better would also have allowed me to strengthen the delivery, my confidence, posture, and many other factors. That is what I will work on more for my next speech. Part 5 – ONE THE SHEET
