There were lots of areas in my speech that you could tell were less prepared than they could have been and there were some awkward pauses where I was looking at the ground thinking of what came next in the speech. This could easily be fixed by preparing a little better; I didn't exactly have much time to prepare because there was a lot of stuff on my plate at the time and I could have done a lot better. This also plays into the fact that it was far too short of a presentation not even making the bare minimum of 3 minutes.
A big issue I noticed is my speech wasn't very linear, I didnt know exactly where I was going with it the whole time and I just spoke what came to mind and I believe I left out some things that I would have liked to say and that probably would have gotten me over that three minute marker.
Some nervous ticks that I noticed, however not as bad as I expected, was that I kept saying uh. It wasn't like I was saying it after very sentence but it could definitely use some work. There was also me looking down at the ground, this is something I definitely need to work on for next time and I think that will come with better preparation, not having to think as much. My volume could have been a little more pronounced, it sounded like I had spit in my mouth or something.
I think that I did well with my hands; I usually have really awkward arms or just put them in my pockets but I did a lot better in that respect. I also think I did well with my body, I moved around a bit and I didn't have a rocking motion or anything. My speed of voice was impeccable for me, I usually talk at 100 mph but I brought it down a lot for the proposal
Overall I think I did pretty well in the amount of time I had to prepare for it, I had like a solid hour or so to prepare and I was fairly distracted so an hour is being incredibly generous.
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