Informative Speech Reflection
Dylan Addis-Hartsough
SPC1017
Reflection
In my video for the Informative speech, I talked about firearm safety as
it applies to everyone, especially in the United States. During the delivery of
my speech, I talked at a slow and concise speed and overall, I believe the
delivery was good. I used actual firearm pieces for presentation and
visualization which I believe elevated the speech. The lighting was bright,
and I stood back to show my posture and maintained eye contact with the
camera. Overall, the delivery of the speech I believe was very good.
My verbal skills during the speech were okay, I articulated words
clearly and slowly. Although there were a couple times where I stumbled over
words by saying the wrong word and correcting myself during the speech.
This could have been mitigated by using my flash cards more often although
I tried to really focus on eye contact during this speech. I also believe I only
used a filler word once, which my filler word is “um”. I try very hard to take
pauses instead of using filler words. I think the thing I could’ve improved on
this speech was my tone. The tone of my voice was very monotone during
the speech. Adding in different pitches of tone can help keep the listener
engaged more instead of solely relying on props for the viewer to focus on to
keep them engaged.
My non-verbal skills were very good during this speech. During my
speech I made a conscious effort not to talk with my hands to not distract
away from the speech itself. I also did not sway back and forth like my last
speech which made this one better. Lastly, what made my non-verbal very
good during this speech was using pieces of a handgun to show the parts
and give visualization of what I was talking about. Doing so aided in keeping
the viewers’ attention and giving the viewers’ a better understanding on the
topic being talked about. Finally, I used visual cues with my hands in addition
with the parts of firearms being spoken about to further give an
understanding of what I was speaking about. This combination of non-verbal
communication I believe made my speech much better.
The things I did well during this speech was my articulation and my
non-verbal communication. These two things made for a well-rounded
speech in addition to sticking to the outline helping stay on topic and hit all
my points. The things I could improve on would be my pronunciation by not
stumbling on words and saying the wrong words, and using different tones to
keep the viewer engaged.
From my peer comment my speech was good and had a good intro that
hooked the viewer. Although he said I should practice more to not sounds like
I read from my notecards and sound less monotone. Additionally, he
recommended that I have more facial expression to connect with the
audience. These comments are very direct and make excellent points as I will
be trying my best to fix my deficiencies for my next speech.
