10/25/2011
Last time, for my informative speech, I had found that I went well over the time limit, and I wanted to have a more focused objective for my persuasive speech; my topic had been too broad before and I found it difficult to omit information to form a more concise speech. My goal for my persuasive speech was to restrict its length to somewhere between 5 and 6 minutes; I was successful. To do this, I had to narrow my subject from global water availability (way too general) to wetland protection in light of global water availability. While I easily could have gone into further depth on the issue, I remained conscious of the fact that I needed to stick to the bare minimum, most basic information that I needed in order to convey the message effectively. I decided to use the apple to demonstrate how much water is available for human use because I know that it effectively shows how little there is to begin with, before pollution takes its toll—I did this demonstration several times over the summer and assumed that if children can understand/visualize the concept this way, my audience could, too.
During my speech, I noticed myself saying “um,” but not as frequently as I had in the past. I was unaware of any fidgeting that may have occurred. I did notice that my heart was not racing throughout the speech—that was exciting for me. Luke mentioned in one of his blogs that I appear extremely nervous but shouldn’t be because I am clearly prepared—I tried to focus on appearing less nervous, even if I was, and found that physically restraining my nerves actually caused me to feel less nervous.
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