I will now reflect on how i think i did in my S2 presentation.

My S2 presentation was on a correlational investigation on wether or not a correlation exist between knowledge of the bike rules and perception of his safe it is to ride in San Francisco.

I feel that overall the content of my presentation was strong. I not only presented evidence but I also showed how i went about to gather that evidence and why i though that it was a good idea, or not to do so. For example i evaluated the different points to why choosing a survey was an effective use of gathering evidence and how it fitted the purpose of my study, such as talking about the format i chose and questions that i asked. A positive point but not yet a complete strength is that i feel that i was more able to make contact with the audience and engage them with my speech. Something we discussed as being one of the key concepts of public speaking at the begging of the semester. I was able to to this by giving out the leaflet and asking the audience to participate. My main weakness this time was not memorizing the speech, i needed the help of the paper to present and i feel that it made my speech a little less involving. Because at first i had some difficulties with the statistical analysis it caused me to sped a lot of time on that and less on memorizing my speech.

In writing my speech i was keeping in mind the advice from the video we saw on how to make a successful conclusion, so i included the 4 steps that are talked about in the video. I used a signpost: ’in conclusion’, i gave a summery: ‘because of the limitation discussed in my speech such as..’ i restated my main point: that a correlation could exist and, i used a clincher: ‘Know the rules and ride safe’ along side a slide show page to make an effective and memorable conclusion.

I thought that Helen was very good, as she has been in the past, at presenting with a relaxed tone that makes her presentational all together enjoyable to listen.

My plan for improvement is to organize my time efficiently. I should leave enough time at the end to prepare as much as possible for the presentation.