post speech for radical speech chris perez

Post-Speech Evaluation #3

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·         The most critical upgrade I can make now, would be to practice my speech with an audience. I got some practice in during class, but it is a much different experience when dealing with the visuals behind you.

·         I did not understand the format of this speech. I imagined it would be heavily driven by speech and not visuals plus information written on prezi as the last one was -> so start asking more questions on speech delivery

·         Consider tone of voice more seriously before presentation and practice using that tone and pitch before presentation. I felt that my tone of voice did not match the prezi going into the presentation

·         Make use of my natural tendencies in conversation by getting my point across through comedy or anecdotes. It works more quickly and efficiently for me. That being said…

·         Practice speaking with and making use of different tones of voice and using different strategies to make my points. Specifically, I want to get very serious and communicate as if the situation was life or death. That with my tone of voice, pitch and pacing as well as body positioning and my hand gestures

·         Considering the effects of the prezi on presentation more thoroughly and designing the prezi with tone and purpose in mind. I wanted this one to have little information written so that I could go heavy on speaking and lighter on reading, but next time I will need to practice that speaking more seriously in order to keep track of my purpose and presentation.

·         For my last presentation I began by making some statement to break the ice and engage with the audience as I set up the prezi. This time I did not and I wish that I had. It made me feel more confident and comfortable and I believe it made the audience more comfortable by breaking the tension before I even began presenting.

·         Last time I also used role-playing a bit by creating a persona for my audience and this would have been very effective for relationships. The college students slide was ineffective and not even kind of radical. Better scenario: involve the audience, which were college students btw chris! “Everyone look to your left and right. One of these faces could be your soul-mate. Don’t like what you see? Well there are a thousand others here on campus and one of them will love you forever” Then explain a more organized and meaningful procedure to get to that point and hopefully get that audience thinking about the possibilities. They might even blush or get embarrassed when they look around which seems like the best ever.

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·         Feeling the need to state all the words on the slide. I felt very slide dependent despite my efforts to be speech dependent with little info on the slides themselves

·         Raising the pitch of my voice throughout some sentences as it makes my point less meaningful when it sounds like a question.

·         Providing too much of a counterargument to my propositions and statements. That section about the college students was far too lenient and I felt that I was catering to a crowd instead of convincing a crowd.

·         Saying “you know.” This is one of my least favorite things to say when speaking. You probably don’t know; that’s why I am telling you.

·         Again I repeated a few words while speaking. Just a few times around the beginning, but still something to stop.

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·         To stand with confidence. This is very important and I always stand well. I did not try to run away from my audience and stood my ground despite being unsure during my presentation

·         Keeping solid eye contact with the crowd and looking out to the whole class instead of focusing on one section

·         To create visually stimulating slides on prezi. The slides did provide a certain tone, I just didn’t pay attention to those tones and got my speech out of order.

·         To venture outside my comfort zone. I learned a lot about what not to do and what to start doing when trying to make a very speech reliant convincing argument.

3 classmate moves how why

The anecdote from Taka last time and this time was very effective and I appreciated the relatability of his subject provided by his personal story.

Jake also had very effective recurring personal touches in his presentation that had the added effect of giving his audience reassurance of his own intentions and sympathy for animals before making his argument not to help them. He did this at the very beginning and then again before making very bold statements that may have made people skeptical otherwise. Much Props for that Jake!

Mr. D, Nick as well as a few others incorporated an introductory layout to their presentations. I wanted to do the same, but I did not work it in as I thought it would be best not to waste the slide on it. Now I know!