Saturday, December 1, 2012
What I will take away from this class
What I will take away from this class for future endeavors is that preparation and practice are extremely important. I found that preparation is important for researching your topic and getting all the information together and organize it in a way that makes sense. I found that I spent a lot of time over preparing and over researching my topics. This led to a lot of wasted time because I found myself going off into areas that either did not pertain to my original concept but it also led to an over production of information that would typically put my speech over on time. This led to spending additional time being spent at working the speech down and triaging out information in order to meet the time requirements. This class allowed me to practice this process a lot. I'm able to streamline and focus my research work more efficiently. The other concept I'm taking away from this is the practice part. I've given a few speeches in the past and I had never practiced my speech before hand. This was key for me. I'm not real comfortable speaking in front of people but I found that the more I practiced my speech, the more comfortable I was speaking in front of the class. So, I'm guessing my fear is confidence related. Practicing my speech more and efficient preparation time seem to be the most important things I will take away from this class for my future endeavors.
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I completely agree that preparation and practice are important. Whenever I used to give speeches, I would write them the day before, and maybe practice once. I was always nervous, and absolutely hated giving speeches. During this class, I also realized that the more I practiced, the more confidant I felt. I was not worried too much about tripping over my words, losing my place, or reading my notecards. Actually knowing why my speech said helped me a great deal. As long as I write my paper several days early and practice it, I am now comfortable giving speeches, which is something I never thought I would say.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first came to class I had never taken a public speaking class and had only done a couple of random speeches in my earlier school years in middle school. I completely agree with you that preparation for speeches is key! I did not realize until I organized and researched my speech that preparing everything makes a huge difference in how one organizes their speech. For me practicing even came a lot easier since the preparation truly helped me organize the flow of my speeches. Although practicing the speech is helpful in reducing speaking anxiety, I'm not sure if I'll entirely be able to overcome it.
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