Another nerve-wracking speech has been conquered! Two down and two to go! As usual, I was feel jittery and nervous before the speech, but unlike my first speech, I wasn't nervous in the class beforehand. I hesitantly decided to sign up for the 5th slot, but after a couple of minutes, changed to the 2nd slot.
During the speech, I felt very confident. I knew the material. I feel proud of the fact that I seldom looked at my note cards. After the speech, I felt a sigh of relief once again. I practiced a handful of times before the speech to prepare and I feel as though my delivery improved. I thought my citing of sources was properly handled and well integrated into my speech.
However, I still need to conquer my use of filler words. I found myself mentally cursing every time an "um" unthinkingly slipped out of my mouth. What I really need is to practice in front of someone holding an obnoxious buzzer and instruct them to hit the button whenever I use a filler word. I loved how my powerpoint turned out, though maybe a sound for each transition would have been good. The background picture in my slide for the music writing and composition was the first few measures of "Fur Elise" by Beethoven; I could've played a 5 second piano solo for the entrance of the slide. Then, for the beginning of the music production slide, I could've played the 5 second dance production I have for that song and that would've given me something extra to work with. This would've more clearly illustrated the differences between the writing phase and the production phase. Maybe next time!
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