Blog Post #7
Topic: Reflection on Shark Tank Formal Proposal
When I first heard that I was going to have to be giving a "shark tank" speech in class I was honestly not too happy. I have never been a huge fan on public speaking, however, looking back on the presentation I'm very glad I went through it.
The writing process I used for this proposal was the same as I have used for any other paper...I say I'm going to write out an outline, work on it little by little, and make a really good paper. In reality, I ended up writing the entire paper on two occasions without an outline. I believe it is a good thing that we had done blog posts on the subject because they acted as an impromptu kind of outline and it gave me a good place to start.
For my presentation, the written proposal helped in giving my speech direction. I'm actually surprised how little I actually could actually say in a 2-4 minute speech while maintaing a normal speaking rate. This made me have to think what were not only the most important points to say, but what points would stand out to the audience since they had to listen to multiple presentations in one class period.
In my written proposal I believe my strength was that I gave a good ratio of background information to persuasive statements. I would go on to say that a weakness in my paper would be that some sentences seemed to go on for too long, or were difficult to read. For my proposal my strength was that I knew what I was going to say and did my best to not have any dull or awkward moments/pauses. Because of this, a weakness that could get me in trouble is if I lost my train of thought, or forgot a notecard, I could have trouble getting through the presentation.
--Stephen Ritchie
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