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Practice- Though I practiced my speech several times before the presentation I always could put more time into rehearsing. It did show in several parts where with more practice I could have been far more clearer or more persuasive. The stutterign and pauses in my speech could have been filled as well as the part that was just skipped at one point.
More Facts and/or Stats- I mentioned in my speech several facts that could have been easily reinforced with more data or stats. Or the simply improved with the addition of more facts to the presentation could have backed up my argument and been more convincing. Like in the situation where I mentioned the amount of teens voting or filing taxes; that senerio could have been improved the the addition of numbers and percentages.
Eye Contact- While the speech was rather short, on the good side of two minutes, I felt I could have put more effort into looking at my audience. Eye contact when addressing the audience, or my subject for the pitch, makes me appear more confident in my idea and more respectful to the person im addressing.
Better Hand Gestures- The use of hand gestures can greatly affect the tone of my speech and the effective use of them can have a better cause; while I did use hand gesture in my presentation I do not believe I used them to the best I could and repeated the same on several points making me feel they were redundant.
More Personal- My topic was personal to me and I feel if I let that influence my presentation my message may come across better and more convincing to my audience. Maybe addressing how this could have effected my life and the lives of the others. How the solution I was pitching could change the lives of so many other and not just them. Making it more personal to me makes it easier for the listeners relate themselves.
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Work on Stutter- Personally I have a sutter, it comes out under pressure or when I speak to fast. I physically freeze up and can not get past certain syllables. Simply slowing down and taking a breath calms me down and allows me to continue. It has been a problem fo ryears but with more practice may help me in the future limit how it will effect my life in the future.
Bouncing- When giving my presentation I noticed in my body language how I unconsciously would bounce back and forth. I don’t sit still well and when I get nervous I tend to move around when im under the scutiny of others. If i focused on relaxing and being more confident could be a big improvement on my over all presentability if that helped me be less bouncy.
“Um” "Like” - Filler words like this are distracting to my presentation and and take me away from the point I was trying to get across. More rehearsal of the speech could better help me limit the use of the filler words such as “Like” and “Um” and replace them with actual benificial language to the presentation.
Fast- When I get nervous speed up, and speeding up and talking fast greatly shortened my speech length and even made me forget certain parts of my speech. It also makes me appear for more nervous which is not something I need my audience thinking of me when I am trying to convince them of my accountablility. More practice is the only solution I can think of to help with the problem.
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Confidence- One of my strongest points is my ability to come across as confident. Confidence is easy to fake and years of doing so has maybe me very good at it. Not only does my confidence make it easier to speak but also help my point be more convincing to others. Which is a very useful too in a persuasive elevator pitch. Continuing to stay confident will be a great help for future presentations.
Not Relying on my note card- I felt a huge plus on my presentation was the fact that I did not use or rely on a note card. With the practice I did I was able to remember all the key points of my presentation, although I did skip over a few in my nervous hurry. I plan to continue not relying or even using note cards in future speeches to add the realism of my topic.
Volume- Volume is needed to convincingly project you message to your audience, especially when you are talking to a large crowd. As well as coming off confident, confidence was strong suit of mine but a large part of that was that I was able to project my message across the room. Being loud but also clear in my enunciation of the words makes me far more credible and convincing to my audience.
Practice- Though I practiced my speech several times before the presentation I always could put more time into rehearsing. It did show in several parts where with more practice I could have been far more clearer or more persuasive. The stutterign and pauses in my speech could have been filled as well as the part that was just skipped at one point.
More Facts and/or Stats- I mentioned in my speech several facts that could have been easily reinforced with more data or stats. Or the simply improved with the addition of more facts to the presentation could have backed up my argument and been more convincing. Like in the situation where I mentioned the amount of teens voting or filing taxes; that senerio could have been improved the the addition of numbers and percentages.
Eye Contact- While the speech was rather short, on the good side of two minutes, I felt I could have put more effort into looking at my audience. Eye contact when addressing the audience, or my subject for the pitch, makes me appear more confident in my idea and more respectful to the person im addressing.
Better Hand Gestures- The use of hand gestures can greatly affect the tone of my speech and the effective use of them can have a better cause; while I did use hand gesture in my presentation I do not believe I used them to the best I could and repeated the same on several points making me feel they were redundant.
More Personal- My topic was personal to me and I feel if I let that influence my presentation my message may come across better and more convincing to my audience. Maybe addressing how this could have effected my life and the lives of the others. How the solution I was pitching could change the lives of so many other and not just them. Making it more personal to me makes it easier for the listeners relate themselves.
Stop
Work on Stutter- Personally I have a sutter, it comes out under pressure or when I speak to fast. I physically freeze up and can not get past certain syllables. Simply slowing down and taking a breath calms me down and allows me to continue. It has been a problem fo ryears but with more practice may help me in the future limit how it will effect my life in the future.
Bouncing- When giving my presentation I noticed in my body language how I unconsciously would bounce back and forth. I don’t sit still well and when I get nervous I tend to move around when im under the scutiny of others. If i focused on relaxing and being more confident could be a big improvement on my over all presentability if that helped me be less bouncy.
“Um” "Like” - Filler words like this are distracting to my presentation and and take me away from the point I was trying to get across. More rehearsal of the speech could better help me limit the use of the filler words such as “Like” and “Um” and replace them with actual benificial language to the presentation.
Fast- When I get nervous speed up, and speeding up and talking fast greatly shortened my speech length and even made me forget certain parts of my speech. It also makes me appear for more nervous which is not something I need my audience thinking of me when I am trying to convince them of my accountablility. More practice is the only solution I can think of to help with the problem.
Continue
Confidence- One of my strongest points is my ability to come across as confident. Confidence is easy to fake and years of doing so has maybe me very good at it. Not only does my confidence make it easier to speak but also help my point be more convincing to others. Which is a very useful too in a persuasive elevator pitch. Continuing to stay confident will be a great help for future presentations.
Not Relying on my note card- I felt a huge plus on my presentation was the fact that I did not use or rely on a note card. With the practice I did I was able to remember all the key points of my presentation, although I did skip over a few in my nervous hurry. I plan to continue not relying or even using note cards in future speeches to add the realism of my topic.
Volume- Volume is needed to convincingly project you message to your audience, especially when you are talking to a large crowd. As well as coming off confident, confidence was strong suit of mine but a large part of that was that I was able to project my message across the room. Being loud but also clear in my enunciation of the words makes me far more credible and convincing to my audience.
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