Please post your partner's critique here. The critique should contain three strengths and three improvements. Use details to give advice on how to strengthen a weak spot. And, give details on the way certain strengths were effective.
I thought my first speech went well, but could have been better. I was disappointed that I had skipped over a couple points in the introduction of my speech, but I was trying to run through the introduction without looking down at my note card excessively. Next time I will better organize the information on my note card and not try to rush through any part of the speech. There were also some positives that I did like about my speech. One of these was my research information. I found enough information that I was able to cover my topic thoroughly and it was presented in an organized fashion. Another thing that I liked about my speech was my attention getter. It was a very good rhetorical question. Overall, I feel that I did a satisfactory job, but still need improvement.
There were a few parts I liked about my speech. I liked the overall layout of the speech. I thought I was thorough in citing all of my sources on my Powerpoint presentation. I thought I also did a good job of compiling the speech from a lot of different information from different sources into one narrative - "Ford: Before the Bailout". However, the things I did not like about my speech were that even though I cited my sources on the Powerpoint, I didn't say them verbally. I went quicker through the presentation than I should have, and appeared as if I was nervous. Next time I need to slow down a bit and focus on better eye contact on the class.
Last Wednesday was when my group was assigned to do our speech. Our topic was Ford, and my section included the business plan. We were asked to blog about ourself analysing how we think we did as an individual. Personally, I am aware this was not my best speech. We had the opportunity to have a note card with 50 words on it and I did not use that privilege. For whatever reason, I chose to look at my power point instead. For my next speech I hope to have a topic that interests me more, and focus more on the material I would like to cover when I am in front of the class. Unfortunately this last speech I did not cover all the material I would have liked to have covered. I feel my attention getter was strong, but next time I hope to get my points across a little clearer and calm my nerves.
I presented the new legislation related to the HealthCare Reform bill recently implemented by Congress. Going in I felt confident but realized once in front of the class that I was indeed a bit nervous. I had planned to say much more during my presentation but nervousness caused me to speed up my delivery and skip over some of my speech, including a citation. Most importantly, I need to work on my delivery and tone. This is the backbone of the speech and assists in getting the audience’s attention and is something that I defiantly need to improve. I believe that this was heavily influenced by nerves, and hope that with practice I will be able to improve upon this. I plan to practice on slowing down, sounding more interested and enthusiastic about the topic, as well as including the use of my body language. In regards to citations, I was uncomfortable with inserting the quote “conversation style” while keeping the speech flowing and including the author’s name, article title, and source. I had attempted to correctly cite in my opening as an example of my creditability and believe it was a decent try. It seemed awkward at first and that may have been a factor in leaving out the next citation. This is something that I plan to improve, one way that I’ve attempted to get myself accustomed to including citations is by listening to reporters on television and listening to the ways they cite their sources. I believe that this will help give me ideas on the delivery and flow of the citations.
I presented the effects on hospitals, physicians, and community health centers related to the HealthCare Reform bill recently implemented by Congress. While observing my group mates before me, I felt confident, but once it came time for me to presenet in front of the class, I was forgetful and nervous. I had planned to say much more during my presentation, but nervousness caused me to speed up my delivery and skip over some of my speech, including a citation. I also found myself looking at the power point too often.
3 things i could improve on would be my nerves for sure! not to forget my point and 3rd, to keep still and not ramble. 3 things i think i did well was one, eye contact, 2. communication and 3 delivery to audience wasnt so bad. It is one thing to critiqu and a whole other ball game to actual delivery. I fing this class so helpful for the real world of business as well as personal.
Overall I think my first speech went well, however there were some things that could be better. My eye contact and conversational tone was good. Throughout my presentation I tried my best to keep the information in order, while citing conversationally. At one point I got a confused because I forgot to change my flash cards, but I did not make it obvious to the audience because I just kept going. Doing a speech while using the PowerPoint was new for me; therefore this was a good exercise to practice those skills. The opening that I had on my outline was a bit stronger than what I presented, so that I would alter.
I am learning to think critically and objectively, to write clearly and effectively, and to develop creative solutions to unique situations. In the future, I hope I will apply my skills and abilities in professions requiring a high level of analytical thought such as those in "think tanks" and legal professions. It is awkward to point out my weakness in my speech. I was nervous not because I was the first one but I am not felling comfortable to speak in the front of people, generally. There were a couple parts I liked in my speech and a couple spots I did not like at all. However, my Professor smashed my speech and my presentation to the ground that right now, I am barley recovering after her critique and my enthusiasm for a class just disappear. I cited my sources on the PowerPoint; I did not say them orally. I went quicker through the introduction and forgot the creditability and attention getter. Yes, I admitted that was in the student jargon- lame, indeed. Next time I need to slow down and focus on that. I deliver good eye contact with the class but could have been better. I was disappointed that I had skipped my memorable sentence in the conclusion. Next time I will better organize the notes cards to do not forget anything. Finally, there were some parts on my slides that I did like it. There were simply clear and in a good format. I kept in my mind professors’ credo “KISS”. I thought I found enough information to cover my topic thoroughly. However, my Professor did not found interesting about that section. Overall, I feel that I did a satisfactory job, but after my professor comments it seems like I did poorly job and it is hard to think that my next speech will impress anybody. Nerveless, I will promise to do my best.
My speech, this time, did not wholly disappoint me, but clearly that would not be an ideal model for a speech. Right after I started introducing my topic, I realized that I had not changed the slide at all, and that I had just used my old, unrevised introduction that did not tie into my next point easily or understandably, and thusly I proceeded to pause silently and nervously for about maybe ten seconds which felt like five minutes; I felt like I lost a lot of my credibility doing this. Once I regained sense and purpose, I felt like I continued fairly smoothly, at least keeping eye contact and speaking conversationally. I did forgot a source of some of my data but remembered, although it was noticeable. I was informed of the similarity between my thesis and my preview, which I agree with and will not let that be an issue next time. I'm curious to see my official review, and I can guarantee to do better next time.
I thought my speech didn’t go as well as I had planned. I felt that it was very short and didn’t give my audience a full understanding on my topic. If I had done some more research I think it would have moved a lot smoother. I had a good introduction but my body was weak due to the lack of research. For my conclusion, I didn’t give a memorable statement for the class to remember my speech. I was very nervous giving my speech that I went too fast and didn’t make it clear to what I was saying.
This wasn't my best speech but I had learned a lot and what to work on for the next speech. I plan on doing more research, putting more in my powerpoint, and making sure that my audience is interested and they remember my speech. Aside from all the negatives I had a good conversational tone, took a deep breath to relax my nerves and had some eye contact with my audience. Hopefully my next speech goes better then my first one.
I thought I did a lot of research for my speech and it took me a while to find great sources that went perfect with my topic and my thesis. I know my powerpoints had a lot of writing on them, I tried making it 6x6 but it didn't quite end up that way. I think I definetly need to work on not saying "um", when I get nervous I tend to say it a lot and I also talk with my hands a lot. I think I need to not cross my legs infront of the classroom when I'm giving a presentation, I do that a lot when I'm nervous too. I didn't feel comfortable saying the sources out loud because I was so scared I was going to say the author's last name wrong and I knew once I stuttered or messed up, I would be downhill from there. To prepare for my next speech I am going to make sure I chose my words correctly so I don't say "um" anymore. I also will make sure I am standing properly so my legs arent crossed.
Overall, I think my speech went well. Some of the strengths of my speech were that I had a loud and clear voice, which helped the audience stay attentive to my topic. I also thought I had it well organized, and that helped the speech flow better. I think I did a good job in keeping myself from looking at the PowerPoint. However, there is always room for improvement. Although, I had tried hard to keep eye contact, I found myself looking down at my note cards and breaking the connection with my audience. I also think that I have to work on my nervousness so that I can stay still when I'm standing giving my speech. Another thing that I could improve is on using connectives for a better flow. Although I had it on my outline, I skipped over them when I was talking. I hope that this self critique along with more practice will help me become a better public speaker in a professional environment.
As a whole I feel as if my speech went alright. I think the only way I really could have had major improvements would be to spend some extra time practicing it before hand. If I had done that then I could have found a way to integrated the audio/video better because that could have gone more smoothly. Also I missed my credibility section of the speech, which was a lack of preparation and understanding of the assignment on my part, which is something that can be easily corrected for the next one. Also it was pointed out to me that I use unnecessary starter words like "now" at the beginning of many of my sentences and transitions, I think this is because I am trying to think of what to say next, and I feel that I would drastically reduce the use of these if I once again had practiced more. There were good things though, I made it through the speech, so thats a plus. I feel I made good points and connected with the audience, perhaps I could have done some more research though as well and broken it down a little more as the professor had pointed out to me.
I think in my first speech, my strengths were that I was loud, enthusiastic, and knowledgable. However, some improvements could have been that I quoted all of the information i talked about. I could have used mre transitional words, and of course, I could have spit out my gum before the teacher noticed it lol! Hopefully i will remember all of this stuff for the next speech.
Things to do better in my next speech is to rehearse my speech many times and to put words in my speech that I can pronounce. Other than that I thought I had enough research for my part in my group. I will do much better next time professor since I got my computer back and I could do a lot more research. Matt Gilbert
Overall, I thought I did a pretty decent job with my speech. There are definitely things I've noticed I have to work on. I think I need to stick with what I planned on saying. For example, at the end of my speech I said the lady on my powerpoint was hot because I was nervous and trying to rush through the final portion of it. I also think I need to not read as much. The main reason I was reading was because my quotes were so long, next time I'll think about using shorter quotes. On the plus side, I thought I spoke loud and clear and thoroughly on my topic. I think I did a pretty good job of explaining it and giving examples my audience can relate to. Like everyone else I was extremely nervous and thought I harnessed that pretty well. I can't forget my transition words. I had them all written down and placed in my speech and I just didn't say them. Last, I thought my citations were pretty precise and conversationally structured.
I though my first speech was alright. I think going second overall made things a little more difficult just because it was easier to understand the necessary criteria after a few of the other speakers had gone. However I definitely could have improved a few things my expectation of what the Power Point was supposed to be and what other students did and were spoken of highly for were not inline so I intend to work more extensively with the Pwer Point next time. Also I absolutely need to site my sources better however given the breadth of my topic it was more difficult than I originally anticipated to use source specific material to express the idea a narrowly as necessary in a short speech. Next time I intend to be more proactive in working material from my sources directly into the speech. I think my biggest take away from the speech is to choose a narrower topic, Health Care was a good idea but their was almost to much information to use and much of my preperation turned into an effort to seperate all the info into manageable pieces. I feel that with a narrower topic for me personally it will allow me to have greater comfort with the material and provide miore specifically relevant information during the speech.
I also would like to add I could of had more information and work cited listed verbally and also on powerpoint. Next time I will not look or point to powerpoint directly and work on looking at the audience directly.
I thought my first speech went well, but could have been better. I was disappointed that I had skipped over a couple points in the introduction of my speech, but I was trying to run through the introduction without looking down at my note card excessively. Next time I will better organize the information on my note card and not try to rush through any part of the speech.
ReplyDeleteThere were also some positives that I did like about my speech. One of these was my research information. I found enough information that I was able to cover my topic thoroughly and it was presented in an organized fashion. Another thing that I liked about my speech was my attention getter. It was a very good rhetorical question. Overall, I feel that I did a satisfactory job, but still need improvement.
There were a few parts I liked about my speech. I liked the overall layout of the speech. I thought I was thorough in citing all of my sources on my Powerpoint presentation. I thought I also did a good job of compiling the speech from a lot of different information from different sources into one narrative - "Ford: Before the Bailout". However, the things I did not like about my speech were that even though I cited my sources on the Powerpoint, I didn't say them verbally. I went quicker through the presentation than I should have, and appeared as if I was nervous. Next time I need to slow down a bit and focus on better eye contact on the class.
ReplyDeleteLast Wednesday was when my group was assigned to do our speech. Our topic was Ford, and my section included the business plan. We were asked to blog about ourself analysing how we think we did as an individual.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I am aware this was not my best speech. We had the opportunity to have a note card with 50 words on it and I did not use that privilege. For whatever reason, I chose to look at my power point instead.
For my next speech I hope to have a topic that interests me more, and focus more on the material I would like to cover when I am in front of the class. Unfortunately this last speech I did not cover all the material I would have liked to have covered.
I feel my attention getter was strong, but next time I hope to get my points across a little clearer and calm my nerves.
I presented the new legislation related to the HealthCare Reform bill recently implemented by Congress. Going in I felt confident but realized once in front of the class that I was indeed a bit nervous. I had planned to say much more during my presentation but nervousness caused me to speed up my delivery and skip over some of my speech, including a citation.
ReplyDeleteMost importantly, I need to work on my delivery and tone. This is the backbone of the speech and assists in getting the audience’s attention and is something that I defiantly need to improve. I believe that this was heavily influenced by nerves, and hope that with practice I will be able to improve upon this. I plan to practice on slowing down, sounding more interested and enthusiastic about the topic, as well as including the use of my body language.
In regards to citations, I was uncomfortable with inserting the quote “conversation style” while keeping the speech flowing and including the author’s name, article title, and source. I had attempted to correctly cite in my opening as an example of my creditability and believe it was a decent try. It seemed awkward at first and that may have been a factor in leaving out the next citation. This is something that I plan to improve, one way that I’ve attempted to get myself accustomed to including citations is by listening to reporters on television and listening to the ways they cite their sources. I believe that this will help give me ideas on the delivery and flow of the citations.
I presented the effects on hospitals, physicians, and community health centers related to the HealthCare Reform bill recently implemented by Congress. While observing my group mates before me, I felt confident, but once it came time for me to presenet in front of the class, I was forgetful and nervous. I had planned to say much more during my presentation, but nervousness caused me to speed up my delivery and skip over some of my speech, including a citation. I also found myself looking at the power point too often.
ReplyDelete3 things i could improve on would be my nerves for sure! not to forget my point and 3rd, to keep still and not ramble. 3 things i think i did well was one, eye contact, 2. communication and 3 delivery to audience wasnt so bad. It is one thing to critiqu and a whole other ball game to actual delivery. I fing this class so helpful for the real world of business as well as personal.
ReplyDeleteOverall I think my first speech went well, however there were some things that could be better. My eye contact and conversational tone was good. Throughout my presentation I tried my best to keep the information in order, while citing conversationally. At one point I got a confused because I forgot to change my flash cards, but I did not make it obvious to the audience because I just kept going. Doing a speech while using the PowerPoint was new for me; therefore this was a good exercise to practice those skills. The opening that I had on my outline was a bit stronger than what I presented, so that I would alter.
ReplyDeleteI am learning to think critically and objectively, to write clearly and effectively, and to develop creative solutions to unique situations. In the future, I hope I will apply my skills and abilities in professions requiring a high level of analytical thought such as those in "think tanks" and legal professions. It is awkward to point out my weakness in my speech. I was nervous not because I was the first one but I am not felling comfortable to speak in the front of people, generally. There were a couple parts I liked in my speech and a couple spots I did not like at all. However, my Professor smashed my speech and my presentation to the ground that right now, I am barley recovering after her critique and my enthusiasm for a class just disappear. I cited my sources on the PowerPoint; I did not say them orally. I went quicker through the introduction and forgot the creditability and attention getter. Yes, I admitted that was in the student jargon- lame, indeed. Next time I need to slow down and focus on that. I deliver good eye contact with the class but could have been better. I was disappointed that I had skipped my memorable sentence in the conclusion. Next time I will better organize the notes cards to do not forget anything. Finally, there were some parts on my slides that I did like it. There were simply clear and in a good format. I kept in my mind professors’ credo “KISS”. I thought I found enough information to cover my topic thoroughly. However, my Professor did not found interesting about that section. Overall, I feel that I did a satisfactory job, but after my professor comments it seems like I did poorly job and it is hard to think that my next speech will impress anybody. Nerveless, I will promise to do my best.
ReplyDeleteMy speech, this time, did not wholly disappoint me, but clearly that would not be an ideal model for a speech. Right after I started introducing my topic, I realized that I had not changed the slide at all, and that I had just used my old, unrevised introduction that did not tie into my next point easily or understandably, and thusly I proceeded to pause silently and nervously for about maybe ten seconds which felt like five minutes; I felt like I lost a lot of my credibility doing this. Once I regained sense and purpose, I felt like I continued fairly smoothly, at least keeping eye contact and speaking conversationally. I did forgot a source of some of my data but remembered, although it was noticeable. I was informed of the similarity between my thesis and my preview, which I agree with and will not let that be an issue next time. I'm curious to see my official review, and I can guarantee to do better next time.
ReplyDeleteI thought my speech didn’t go as well as I had planned. I felt that it was very short and didn’t give my audience a full understanding on my topic. If I had done some more research I think it would have moved a lot smoother. I had a good introduction but my body was weak due to the lack of research. For my conclusion, I didn’t give a memorable statement for the class to remember my speech. I was very nervous giving my speech that I went too fast and didn’t make it clear to what I was saying.
ReplyDeleteThis wasn't my best speech but I had learned a lot and what to work on for the next speech. I plan on doing more research, putting more in my powerpoint, and making sure that my audience is interested and they remember my speech. Aside from all the negatives I had a good conversational tone, took a deep breath to relax my nerves and had some eye contact with my audience. Hopefully my next speech goes better then my first one.
I thought I did a lot of research for my speech and it took me a while to find great sources that went perfect with my topic and my thesis. I know my powerpoints had a lot of writing on them, I tried making it 6x6 but it didn't quite end up that way. I think I definetly need to work on not saying "um", when I get nervous I tend to say it a lot and I also talk with my hands a lot. I think I need to not cross my legs infront of the classroom when I'm giving a presentation, I do that a lot when I'm nervous too. I didn't feel comfortable saying the sources out loud because I was so scared I was going to say the author's last name wrong and I knew once I stuttered or messed up, I would be downhill from there. To prepare for my next speech I am going to make sure I chose my words correctly so I don't say "um" anymore. I also will make sure I am standing properly so my legs arent crossed.
ReplyDeleteOverall, I think my speech went well. Some of the strengths of my speech were that I had a loud and clear voice, which helped the audience stay attentive to my topic. I also thought I had it well organized, and that helped the speech flow better. I think I did a good job in keeping myself from looking at the PowerPoint. However, there is always room for improvement. Although, I had tried hard to keep eye contact, I found myself looking down at my note cards and breaking the connection with my audience. I also think that I have to work on my nervousness so that I can stay still when I'm standing giving my speech. Another thing that I could improve is on using connectives for a better flow. Although I had it on my outline, I skipped over them when I was talking.
ReplyDeleteI hope that this self critique along with more practice will help me become a better public speaker in a professional environment.
As a whole I feel as if my speech went alright. I think the only way I really could have had major improvements would be to spend some extra time practicing it before hand. If I had done that then I could have found a way to integrated the audio/video better because that could have gone more smoothly. Also I missed my credibility section of the speech, which was a lack of preparation and understanding of the assignment on my part, which is something that can be easily corrected for the next one. Also it was pointed out to me that I use unnecessary starter words like "now" at the beginning of many of my sentences and transitions, I think this is because I am trying to think of what to say next, and I feel that I would drastically reduce the use of these if I once again had practiced more. There were good things though, I made it through the speech, so thats a plus. I feel I made good points and connected with the audience, perhaps I could have done some more research though as well and broken it down a little more as the professor had pointed out to me.
ReplyDeleteI think in my first speech, my strengths were that I was loud, enthusiastic, and knowledgable. However, some improvements could have been that I quoted all of the information i talked about. I could have used mre transitional words, and of course, I could have spit out my gum before the teacher noticed it lol! Hopefully i will remember all of this stuff for the next speech.
ReplyDeleteThings to do better in my next speech is to rehearse my speech many times and to put words in my speech that I can pronounce. Other than that I thought I had enough research for my part in my group. I will do much better next time professor since I got my computer back and I could do a lot more research.
ReplyDeleteMatt Gilbert
Overall, I thought I did a pretty decent job with my speech. There are definitely things I've noticed I have to work on. I think I need to stick with what I planned on saying. For example, at the end of my speech I said the lady on my powerpoint was hot because I was nervous and trying to rush through the final portion of it. I also think I need to not read as much. The main reason I was reading was because my quotes were so long, next time I'll think about using shorter quotes. On the plus side, I thought I spoke loud and clear and thoroughly on my topic. I think I did a pretty good job of explaining it and giving examples my audience can relate to. Like everyone else I was extremely nervous and thought I harnessed that pretty well. I can't forget my transition words. I had them all written down and placed in my speech and I just didn't say them. Last, I thought my citations were pretty precise and conversationally structured.
ReplyDeleteI though my first speech was alright. I think going second overall made things a little more difficult just because it was easier to understand the necessary criteria after a few of the other speakers had gone. However I definitely could have improved a few things my expectation of what the Power Point was supposed to be and what other students did and were spoken of highly for were not inline so I intend to work more extensively with the Pwer Point next time. Also I absolutely need to site my sources better however given the breadth of my topic it was more difficult than I originally anticipated to use source specific material to express the idea a narrowly as necessary in a short speech. Next time I intend to be more proactive in working material from my sources directly into the speech. I think my biggest take away from the speech is to choose a narrower topic, Health Care was a good idea but their was almost to much information to use and much of my preperation turned into an effort to seperate all the info into manageable pieces. I feel that with a narrower topic for me personally it will allow me to have greater comfort with the material and provide miore specifically relevant information during the speech.
ReplyDeleteI also would like to add I could of had more information and work cited listed verbally and also on powerpoint. Next time I will not look or point to powerpoint directly and work on looking at the audience directly.
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