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After reviewing my tribute speech about my son Scott, I noticed details that at the moment I did not realize what I was doing wrong. I noticed I sway through the entire presentation and played with the paper a lot as well as playing with my hair and earing at 3 minutes and again at 6 minutes and 43 seconds into the speech. Not only was I guilty of these issues, I also realized my organization was a little off kilter. I rushed through the speech along with not looking up from the paper as much as I should have and I need to work on my pronunciation. Looking back at my presentation it was obvious that I was extremely nervous, making me sway back and forth along with playing with my earrings. I have a habit of not being able to stand still but when the nerves kick in it only makes it worse. On a few of the evaluation sheets, it was noted that it would have been better if only I had used index cards instead of full sheets of paper. After watching how much I played with the paper I would most certainly agree with the index cards. Maybe by not having full sheets of paper I will play with them less. I believe in order for me to get out of these bad habits I need to find a way to calm myself down before the speech. I will use the breathing exercises along with the shaking the nerves out we …show more content…

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