In my own speech, I think I did a great job with gestures that matched what I was saying, as well as simple slides in the background that highlight main ideas. I wish I had done better with vocalized pauses/saying “umm”, but I did my best to speak and a slow pace. I don’t think my intonation is particularly moving, but in this type of speech it is hard to develop pathos while simply analyzing an artifact. It was also difficult to maintain eye contact with the camera since I kept trying to make eye contact with myself instead.
I watched Michael’s speech and noticed that he was successful in terms of avoiding vocalized pauses and maintaining a steady tone and eye contact. The arrangement of the speech made sense and it flowed nicely, too. This is weird writing about your speech in third person since I know you’re going to read this but anyways great job Michael!
I can’t put my finger on it, but this is probably my favorite blog you’ve written.
The vocalized pauses can be a real issues and a lot of my takes I was trying so hard not to say “um” that I was silent for three seconds and then sadly got ready to redo it. I relate to the issue of looking at yourself instead, it’s hard not to when your face is right there and you want to make sure you don’t look stupid (speaking from experience).
Thank you for the review and positive comments!
I thought your topic was interesting and grounded as it’s something we see everyday!
I had issues with saying uhmm and other filler words. After a certain point I just stopped talking if I forgot what to say I would just pretend that I meant to pause on purpose instead of saying umm or what not.