Presentation Reflection

I think my presentation went well and about as I expected to do. I was extremely nervous while presenting and felt like I stumbled over my words a few times. Before I got up there I felt fully prepared as I had spent days practicing my speech, but when the moment came to actually present the preparation went out of my mind. It seemed like I did pretty good though and similar to how I had been practicing. I think that the use of the PowerPoint went well. I think the changing of slides helped me to remember what to say next and I wasn't tempted to read off of the screen because there were no words. I felt like I also did well at not referring to my notes and speaking directly to the audience. I think that I didn't do well at annunciating my words. This has always been my problem when speaking in front of people because I'm so nervous. I tend to talk faster, which makes me 'stumble' over my words making it sound like I have a speech problem. I tried hard to not do this, but I could hear myself reverting back to this bad habit a few times. Also, I only received one question, so I didn't feel like I could adequately show all the additional information that I knew about this topic. I'm not really sure how I could change that in the future though. Next time, I will work harder at being comfortable in front of the audience and trying to speak at a normal pace and clearly in my normal tone. I learned a lot about the yarn making process as my topic. I also learned about using signposts and how to introduce/conclude a presentation during the class lecture. I think the sample presentation helped me to be more comfortable and feel more prepared about what the presentation was aimed at accomplishing. I also think I'm learning to be more comfortable in front of the class than I was 5 or 6 years ago in Middle School and High School, but I can still use a lot of work in that area.