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Creative Skills Writing Assignment Public speaking¬—two words that evoke a wide range of emotions from people of all ages. These two words are likely a source of stress and anxiety to most students. Normally a confident public speaker, I was surprised at the mixed feelings I had regarding the presentation of my informative speech. Speech is a class that anyone planning to continue into a professional career needs to have taken. It not only helps individuals to better their public speaking skills, but it also helps them to learn how to be more efficient communicators. The experience of preparing and giving speeches has helped me to better my communication skills. I am already a better public speaker than I once was, and I can confidently say …show more content…

Once I selected my topic, The Crazy Horse Monument, I started researching. I ordered three books through my school’s library, and looked online for magazine articles relating to my topic. I realize now that I definitely should have started coming up with the parts of each source I wanted to use much earlier. I put the research off to the side, and it later caused me to scramble to finish my outline on time. I ended up collecting an excessive amount of research, and even had to cut two pages from my outline in order to meet time …show more content…

I simply had not practiced enough. The informative speech was the first speech I was actually dreading giving. I felt prepared before the other two and was even excited to give them. This speech was the complete opposite, however. I was extremely nervous when I walked to the front of the room because I was worried that I would lose my train of thought during the speech. When I lost my train of thought during the conclusion, I went into panic mode. I eventually recovered, though, and got back into the rehearsed conclusion. After giving the speech, I was not confident at all. I was completely shocked that I received as good of a score as I did. I was also shocked that I received so much positive feedback from my

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