I went into this speech not very prepared but I was very familiar with the topic of Texting while Driving. As always, I got nervous before going up in front of the class but that was to be expected. After I finished my speech I thought it had been a big train wreck but when I watched the video it turned out to not be as bad as I imagined. Overall, I think the speech went fairly decent, there are some things that could’ve been improved but there are also things that went well.
To prepare myself to give this speech I basically did all of the research a long time in advanced and then used the information to put the whole speech together in one sitting. I then edited the speech as I rehearsed it to make it sound the way I wanted to.
When I reviewed the speech on the video I noticed that I was talking really fast, as usual. I talk super fast on a normal basis so I wasn’t surprised when my speed only increased a little bit when giving the speech. It resulted in me not reaching the time limit by only a few seconds and only about ten seconds short of when I practiced. I also noticed myself stumbling over my words more than once but my stance and use of hand motion and volume were pretty good.
