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I was very glad with my informative speech on James Harden, I felt an amazing amount of confidence as I went up there and presented. I practiced a lot the night before and nights previous to that. One of the main reasons I felt that I did well is the fact that I presented without the use of notecards, which was a huge part of my speech as I was able to make better eye-contact with everyone around the room. I was able to pronounce and project my voice outward without fear of messing up. The confidence I felt up there was really nice, and I feel another one of the reasons I felt that was the practice I put into this presentation the nights before. One thing that held my speech back was the fact that I didn’t use notecards. I was able to remember everything and all my facts, but I didn’t have anything to do with my hands which led me …show more content…
I figured the adrenaline would push me under the time as my speech would speed up. I felt somewhat nervous up in front of the class, but I told myself one thing the whole day before the speech. I get to go up in front of class and talk about basketball and my favorite basketball player. This is going to be fun and that kind of took the chills out of me and gave me a sense of confidence that I needed while presenting my speech. This feeling was even more-so when I finished and was done presenting. The fact that I didn’t have to nervously anticipate presenting later on, and I could just be done with it meant that I could just relax and not think about it anymore. I feel that my eye contact was much better than last speech and my voice tone was the same way. I improved so much from last time and am happy that I did. Another thing I did well on was the knowledge of information. I knew James Harden’s life like the back of my hand and was able to recite sources and facts on every facet of his

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