After watching my Shark
Tank speech, I realized how awkward I was standing up there, occasionally stepping
forwards and backwards. The plus side was that I was constantly using hand
gestures and moving my eyes around the room. Overall, it was embarrassing to
even sit alone and watch myself speak.
A problem I had when
delivering the speech was that I was so worked up about having the perfect speech
and memorizing what I was going to say that at the moment I was in front of the
class, my mind just went blank and I never managed to give important details
that I planned to include in the speech. Although I usually sound weird when it
comes to videos, I do believe that I spoke loudly and clearly throughout the
speech and I had many pauses in between statements left for thought.
I am totally mad at
myself about my grade and nothing is going to change that. However, it was my
first experience with having a speech that long without a script and because of
that, I have learned some valuable lessons when it comes to public speaking.
Next time I would like to create an outline of my speech rather than have it
scripted and I would try to talk how I normally do when I have a conversation
with someone because the audience would rather hear someone who just seems real
than someone who practically acts like a robot when speaking (that was probably
how I was when I did my speech). It is almost impossible to get rid of the
nerves, but being myself and having enough research are the best ways to
getting a higher grade.
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