Starting this assignment trying to think back to how I really felt at the beginning of the presentation wasn’t too hard for me. I remember back the night before the presentation I went over my speech before I went to bed. I timed and voice recorded me on my phone. During my practice I tried working on my volume and clarity. My pup joker was my only audience member so the eye contract part wasn’t too hard overcome. Often people complain because they say I talk to low or mumble my words together, these are the reasons I chose these two sections to spend my time practicing. During my midnight practice my timing was correct, my speech was organized and my volume was too bad either. I thought I had the presentation down pat, everything seemed right on the first time, I felt like there was no need for a secondary midnight practice so I went to sleep on that note. I think that’s where I went wrong in a way.
The next day I woke up feeling ready for class, I had reviewed my note cards one last time and left house. When I got to class it wasn’t that bad, I still felt as though I had it all under control. As it came closer to my turn is when my nerves started taking over. The suspense throughout my body was starting to increase, as I walked in front of the class. I have had to present a couple time in my life and every time it’s the same story. Everything is fine while I’m sitting in the back looking at the rear side of everyone’s head but as soon as I walk in front of the faces of all my class members it seems as though my world changes. As I stood in front of the class my mind went blank, the organization I had practice was all a blur. Now not being able to remember what I had just previously looked over, I had to wing it. (which doesn't always turn out a bad thing). I stood in front of the class and said whatever came to my mind first, the note cards weren’t of much use either because as I looked at them they would just make me more confused because I hadn’t started my speech in the order I had previous written out. The whole time I felt like I wasn’t giving enough eye contact so I continuously tried to just look up every so often trying to connect with the people who actually seemed a little interested. Even doing so I still felt that was going to be one of my bigger issues.
After getting my evaluation sheet back it showed that the class as my audience felt different about my presentation and after watching it on blackboard I in a way did also. On my evaluation shit my highest area was my volume, it was averaged at 4.5 so I felt my practice may have helped a little in that area. But after watching my video I look back and realized that my eye contact wasn’t too bad compared to a few others. That section also being my 3rd highest rated on my evaluation sitting at 4.2. Overall I felt good after watching and getting back the results of my project two presentation. I learned you never know how other people think your performance was until you hear from the audience.

Wendell Fisher