The following video is a self-introduction speech by Charly. Overall, I think Charly did a good job on her presentation. Her speech was well organized with a clear introduction and a brief description of her main talking points. In the body of her speech, she developed the main topics of her presentation with additional talking points. She closed with a short summary and a final thought to conclude her speech. I like that she used the old rule that I’ve mentioned before: Tell them what you’re going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them. If you follow this rule, your presentation will be organized in such a way that you will have a brief introduction that describes the main points you want to talk about immediately followed by a detailed discussion of each main point with supporting dialog. Lastly, you should have a short summary that quickly reviews the main talking points and a final thought to wrap up your presentation.
Charly appeared to have good poise although she wasn’t standing in front of a live audience–that can make a huge difference. Nevertheless, she maintained pretty good eye contact throughout most of her presentation. She also had a good conversational style to her speech which she accomplished by using inflection in her voice and varying the rate of her words. She had zero vocal fillers which was very impressive. I also thought that her facial expressions were good which clearly emphasized her passion for the topics she discussed. In addition, she had good purposeful gestures that gave her words more emphasis.
I did notice that Charly rolled her eyes up a number of times when she was thinking of words to say. I would suggest that you be aware of that habit because it could be a little distracting to the audience if it becomes excessive. If you find that you are doing that too much then you should rehearse your presentation a few more times to help eliminate this habit. Once you become more familiar with your speaking points you won’t have to pause so much to think about what you want to say.
What else did you notice about Charly’s speech?
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