Informative Speech Reflection

I learned that you cannot put together a speech last minute. It's something that requires a lot of time and preparation for a presentation/finished product that is only a few minutes of your audience's time. My topic was meaningful to me because I really enjoy the idea of Disney and all it has to offer. I had only recently learned about Club 33 and because it is a part of Disney that is meant to be under wraps, I though my audience would find any information on the topic interesting. I think I provided my classmates with the most important aspects of Club 33 as there was a lot of information on the club (so much for being a secret, right?). I selectively chose what I found to be the most relevant and attention-grabbing information and it seemed like the audience was really interested in what I had to say so I think I did that part of my speech justice. I think I also kept pretty good eye contact with the audience. I also started off my speech with a question in order to immediately grab my audience's attention and allow them to interact with my presentation even with it being an informative speech.

I think there were times where I got nervous because I couldn't remember exactly what I wanted to talk about next and scrambled for a few seconds to find it on my index cards. It felt much longer than a few seconds which made me even more nervous. I also need to improve on mentioning more sources in my speech. I only mentioned two out of four of my sources. One really big challenge I faced was intertwining my academic sources with my speech. It just felt very forced and I think I need to spend a lot more time on this for my next speech. I really enjoyed researching my topic and I thought my classmates were really respectful while I was giving my speech as well as with providing me with feedback after. I definitely felt comfortable presenting amongst my audience, which I think made this process as easy as it could have been.