musings for speech 111

preparing and delivery informative speech #1

I had a real hard time getting back to speech class after vacation, and then spring brings so many opportunities to procrastinate. The subject I chose to write about was on severe weather, and I attended a weatherspotter's workshop to reinforce my knowledge about this subject. It seemed kind of ironic that while I was developing my ideas for my speech, we were in severe weather watches and warnings. I even took a break once and went out for about half an hour to spot for tornadoes. Nothing developed here, Hastings had lots of wind, but no real damage.I did not have any trouble finding information to discuss, in fact, I had to eliminate some information to maintain the time frame. I think I could have written a speech on each of my main points. One thing that confused me was the fact that FEMA redone their website after I done my speech outline, but before I had my citation list finalized. The website address I had copied no longer worked, the "page had been moved" and no forwarding address was present; it said to search the website. I eventually found the new page. Presenting the speech still seems to be a challenge, but it is a little easier than it was in the beginning.

posted by kevin @ 9:18 AM