Speeches

On Tuesday, we gave speeches in Oral Communications class. It was the first speech that we were assigned and for the most part, I think that it went very well. There was a lot of nonverbal elements that many people gave to their audience. For instance, you could really tell those who were nervous because little eye contact was made. And what was made, was to a select few. Granted, I was scared out of my mind! But, I looked at everyone in the audience and I thought that I did a real good job hiding how I really felt in front of everyone. I got an A- on the speech, and my peers said that I did really well and they said that I did not come across 'nervous'. So I think that I hid that element rather well. As for communication, normal gestures were quite present yesterday, in those who acted like they were comfortable ;)