The most recent time that I went to listen to a public speaker, was on the day of my freshmen seminar class. This was a day where all the incoming freshmen had to attend school and was brought to a big auditorium to listen to this guy, a name I had already forgotten, talk about sex. He also gave speeches about people who have been raped and chemistry between opposite sex.
The message he was trying to get across the future students of Baruch was very clear. Even though he had more than one topic to talk about, his overall purpose was accomplished. I would have given him a 4 for his accomplishment in getting his point across. Furthermore, I would give him a 4 for how organized his presentation was throughout the whole thing. It was obvious that he did this quite often and he also made this clear he did this for a living. However, after the first 20 minutes, he lost m attention. Both me and my friend played games on my iphone, and then eventually fell asleep. He didn’t have slides or side notes, but he put us to sleep, so I give him a 2 for maintaining interest.
He did maintain eye contact with the whole room. I would give him at 4 for that because I don’t recall him taking his eyes off the students for a minute. During the time that I was paying my full attention to him, I didn’t remember him having much to answer any questions. In addition, he spoke clearly and enthusiastically; it seemed like he knew exactly what he was talking about and loved talking about it. Although I am not exactly certain, believing that it was a long speech, it was probably slightly over the time he was given. Thus, I would give him a 3 for staying in the limited time.