WRD 111 Speech Analysis

First and foremost I didn't want to watch this speech to begin with. Thought it would be odd seeing myself giving a speech, and it was. After watching it though I saw quite a few things I need to improve. From the beginning I could tell I was trying to over think what I was going to say instead of just saying the speech. This made me make all my mistakes. By over thinking I was trying not to mess up, instead of just giving a speech. Can make sure next time I don't wait to the last minute to come up with a speech, and that might help with over thinking what I'm going to say. Another area that I could improve on is making better eye contact with the audience. I noticed I looked at my slides often and also looked at the ceiling a time or two, instead of engaging with the audience. Believe I did that because I was again over thinking what I wanted to say. I also noticed my transitions in my speech weren't great. I ended up saying "um", "and", some during the transition showing that I was a little nervous, which I should not have been. Overall I thought it was a decent speech. Thought my content was well, and thought I spoke in a clear manner. Thought it connected well to the audience and showed a thread through the three aspects of my life. Think if I had put more time into the speech, I wouldn't have over thinked as much and done a better job at just delivering the speech I had prepared.