Informative Speech Response

I believe my group did an excellent job in creating a unified presentation. We were able to make it cohesive by sharing the conclusion and introduction. Maybe to make it more cohesive we could have  made better transitions. We did have transitions but I don’t think we were clear and concise enough with them. For our presentation, we used the photographs from our photography exhibitions. We talked about the conditions of the poor back then verses now and we used these photos to depict these conditions. One point where I think we used visual aids in a good way was when Valerie was talking about child labor and she was showing the pictures that showed child labor while explaining the photos. At one point when we were explaining the Zoe Strauss exhibition we had the pictures up on the screen but we were not explaining them. I think we should have explained the pictures more thoroughly. I like how I was not too dependent on my index cards and I was able to maintain eye contact with the audience even when explaining the pictures. However, I feel like I should have used more hand gestures, I was too still. I also think I should have “owned the space” more and make my stance stronger. In my previous speech I swayed too much and I think I did a good job in minimizing that. For my last speech I want to use more hand gestures and have a stronger pose. I think the attention getter is the most crucial part in grabbing my attention. I also liked it when people did not overly explain their topic and they kept it short and straight to the point. If a person ended up talking for too long I ended up losing focus.