Improvements I Would Like to See

I think I have made great improvement on my eye contact with the audience. I know there is still much room for improvement, but from my first to second speech I feel I did much better. For my next speech, I would like to improve on eye contact even more, and my stance at the podium. The last speech was sort of a comical one so I felt really relaxed which may have been the cause for the slouching. I can help my eye contact by not having any note cards so therefore I have no reason to look down.

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Helpful Hints From Allen :)

Honestly I learned my speeches whenever I was typing them out and especially when we had to do the outlines. Copying and pasting them sentence by sentence really drilled them into my head. Some of the best techniques I used were just printing out the speeches and keeping them with me at all times so whenever I had any free time I could practice. All the practicing I really did was mostly in class when we read them with a partner. The best tip I can give is read your speech on a daily basis so you don't forget it.

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