This was the best speech I have given so far. My dad gave me the idea when I told him the topic was "Get to the Point." I wrote this many weeks ago and I practiced it alot in the beginning. But then I got tired of hearing it. So I gave it a rest and did it from memory alot.
Finally when it was time to give the speech, my one weakness was that I brought the speech up with me in paper form. I didn't even need it! I should have gone without. It messed me up once, but other than that I felt I did great.
I talked at a good pace and volume. I even enjoyed saying this speech I had practiced a ton of times. The joy all came back to me when I was in front of the audience. And they were a good audience. I had the best evaluator I have ever had! Jodi, my mentor, told me so many great things. She said I got the attention of the audience right away. I had powerful words. I had seamless transitions. She loved the example of using the timer to show what my ex-fiance should have said in time. Two hours compared to the 2.5 seconds. The one piece of advice I didn't even think about was to breathe. I guess I talk so fast that I get breathy sometime. Breathing will help with that. Who would have ever thought. :)
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