Mark Komar

Overall, I think my group did well in the way we presented our speech. We were organized in the way that we knew who had to go at what time and transitioned from each other’s topics well. One thing that would have made the presentation better would have been better synchronization of the slides to the speaker. We used the visual aids to not only show the paintings and photographs that we were referencing, but also the time period we covered. I think that helped the audience more in understanding exactly how the time period influenced the artwork. One time that I could have used more visual aids was when I began speaking about Homervilles. I could have had a picture on what one actually looked like and compared it to the painting of the rich women. Upon looking at my group’s speech, I noticed that at some parts during my speech, my posture became a nervous stance. I began to go back to my old habit of leaning on one of my legs. I did try to use hand gestures and referred to the power point a few times to point out what I was saying. What I wasn’t satisfied with was the way I actually delivered it. I did get the content out, but it times I stumbled on my words and paused for too long. I feel like I made it too obvious when looking at my notes, and I felt like I didn’t look at the audience as much as I should have. My goal is to work on my delivery skills and try and use more vocal variety. What I enjoyed about all the speeches is the actual content. I like the history involved and the research that they put in to find out more about an artist.