Friday, March 26, 2010

Demonstration Speech Self-Evaluation

To begin, I tried to explain the uniqueness of glassblowing while also emphasizing that our class should take advantage of this opportunity. My organization and flow of my speech was sporadic, casually moving through the rough steps of glassblowing. A more succinct and progressive approach would have better served my speech in terms of delivering the informational content.
My presentation was slow, monotone, and stagnant in terms of my physical presentation. My body language is disinterested and feels slightly unmotivated. I could have made more direct eye contact with the audience instead of focusing on the video in the background. There appears to be a lack of enthusiasm signaled by my monotone voice.
My visual aid of a glassblowing video did provide some nice illustrations of the process, but it also may have been distracting for the audience, especially since I primarily addressed the computer screen instead of facing the audience. Therefore, my visual aid was a double edged sword; illustrative but it also may have diverted attention.
I would choose the same topic again, but I would focus more on my organization and delivery. My visual aid could be switched to a power point that gives better structure to my presentation, instead of trying to describe the glassblowing process through a video. I would add a more concrete structure and also more enthusiasm, allowing the audience to better understand the information. By the end of my presentation, I should have sparked an interest or at least made the class curious about working with glass.

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