demonstration speech

After viewing my demonstration speech, I realized that my introduction was slightly lacking and that I could have related my topic to the class a little more. Starting off I used the same hand gesture a few times in a row and this kind of a start to a presentation can set a negative tone over the whole speech. But for the most part, I thought my speech went quite well. My enunciation was good; there were never any times when I couldn’t hear myself on the video. I also kept eye contact with the class throughout the entire speech. I thought my visual aids were effective and that the power point sufficiently supplied the visual information needed for the class to understand my topic. It was a little long and I realized that the time constraint would become an impending problem the minute that I chose to show the class how to build a wooden canoe, but I think that the topic made for a good speech nonetheless. Along with my introduction, I would change my conclusion in the future if I were to give the speech again. It was slightly lacking and I didn’t put much thought into it. I think any more of a relation I could have created between the class and my canoe would have made my speech that much better. Overall I thought I did a fine job with the demonstration speech project and I was able to actually stand the sound of my voice on camera for some reason.