Thanks to all my friends at TM for the great feedback, especially the negative feedback -- that's what you really learn from:
I'm especially happy about Andie's feedback, as another English speaker to say "masterful" -- cool!
First critiques from Faris:
1. Started too early, give it time(!) from when the TM announces you.
2. Used "so" a lot.
3. Not long enough, would have liked to see it go over 6 minutes(!).
My own critique/lessons learned:
1.)Try to associate each block of your speech with a move or gesture; the "Tai Chi Technique" -- this works for me!
2.)Tell a story, like a good joke which has a beginning, body, and conclusion. I have no problems remembering jokes and telling them, if they are a good joke. If you cannot tell a story then try 1.) above.
I left a lot out! When I practiced the speech at home it was over 7 minutes... Then at TM I rushed through it in 5:50 - not even 6 damn minutes!
Write out your cheat sheet again and really hammer the words in, associate each keyword with a movement etc. -- memorize them.
Parts I left out:
Voice still way too high -- do "your speaking voice" manual ... again!
Still saying a lot of words "cute" like a child -- gotta cut that out:
list words...
More lessons learned:
- Bring the manual next time and give it to your evaluator -- duh!
- Call/coordinate with your evaluator beforehand.
- Get a mentor, if not the same as your evaluator.
- I had over 4 weeks to do this speech and still didn't take the necessary time and preparation. Despite changing topics midstream, 4 weeks is definitely enough time to put together a really good 7 minute speech. It could have been much better -- someone even mentioned that in the feedback(!).
- As usual I did this all as a last minute preparation -- I changed the topic of my speech because the first one was so boring. Satisfied how it came out though, despite the botched parts.
- Also don't speak out of turn, I don't know if anyone else noticed, but I don't want to be rude either.
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