I choose to give my persuasive speech on farmed fish; most people do not know the dangers farmed fish can have on a person and how it can affect our society and economy. Educating the class off the negative consequences of farmed fish as well as the positive influences that farmed fish can have allowed every one to form their own opinion to support this industry or not.
While reviewing my flip video online there was parts of my presentation that I thought went well, and parts I thought didn’t go as well as I would have preferred. When I started my presentation I thought that I did an excellent job of presenting my outline to the class to try to make my presentation easier to follow. Other parts of my overall presentation that I liked was my counter arguments; although farmed fish might be overall bad for the economy I made sure to present reasons why some people might like promoting farmed fish because it can give access of fish to all people of the world easier. Making eye contact, talking loud, and flowing in and out of each topic is important in a presentation to engage the audience in what one talks about, and I thought I did a good job of this engaging the audience as much as possible.
Some critiques that I have from watching my presentation online was that I paused a lot, mostly because of nerves, which also led to me saying “uhm” and stuttering to try to think about the next point I wanted to articulate. With having so much I wanted to say in a short amount of time, it was frustrating not being able to thoroughly talk about each point I was trying to make, which made me mumble at some points when I was trying to talk too fast. Using hands in a presentation is important to stay active and alive, but I think that I used my hands too much to the point where they were becoming annoying. I am taking this assessment into consideration for my next presentation and I do hope it will make my stage presence better and hopefully keep my audience’s attention in the future. Though I do believe I made my points well in my powerpoint talking about the effects of farmed fish, and I strongly believe that every one in my LSC 100 class will think twice when eating fish.
