Civic Artifact Speech Reflection

What was done well?

• • I feel like the intro worked well with the topic. I wanted to keep it short and to the point which I believe still worked in hooking the audience
  • I think the context around electric cars was also explained well in terms of the history.
  • Organization of the speech’s body topics also seemed to be consistent and easy to follow
  • I feel like the conclusion summarized the speech well and the reference to the ideology of sustainability left a good impact.
  • In terms of the delivery, I felt like I had strong eye contact and volume.
  • I also feel like I presented the speech in a natural tone that had a proper amount of inflection

What are some areas for improvement?

• • Transitions could have flowed better between body topic
  • I feel like I could have utilized more gestures during the speech
  • It also might have been helpful to utilize a power point to help reference certain images from the commercial while speaking about it
  • I also could have avoided using some informal language and verbal fillers, such as “kind of”, “so”, and “uh”
  • I feel like my posture could have been more open. I crossed my arm over my chest once in a while

What are three things that happened that I was unaware of?

• • I accidentally said “ethos” twice when I meant to say ethos and then pathos. I think it might help to slow down a bit and think about what I say a bit more before I actually say it
  • I often stared or randomly looked into blank spaces in the middle of explaining points in my speech which took away from consistency of my eye contact with the audience
  • I also ended up going off on a slight tangent on the fossil fuels commonplace which ultimately made me run a little bit over the 6 minute time limit.