In my opinion, my demonstration speech was a success. I thought I did many things well, but I also think that I had a couple of places where I could have improved. When evaluating yourself on a speech that you had just presented you need to look at several things to consider how you did. These things are the speech itself, how you presented yourself, your visual, the time of your speech, your introduction and conclusion. These key points to a speech are the basis of your evaluation and if you perfect them it will be a rare occasion that you receive a grade that you are not content with.
I had many strengths in my speech that really pulled it together. These strengths consisted of the speech itself, the visual, and the time of my speech. The speech itself was perfect amount of time and presented very well with a lot of content. I had a very good visual with the power point, putter, and golf ball and I used these visuals very well. To have a good speech good visuals are important, especially a demonstration speech because the quickest way for people to learn things is by watching someone actually do it themselves.
The weaknesses that I had in my paper were few, but important. Although I wouldn’t consider my introduction and conclusion weaknesses I would say there was definitely room for improvement. They were both on the short end with little content and little enthusiasm. This was important because having good enthusiasm and a good introduction with that enthusiasm is key in getting people interested in your speech. As for my conclusion, it was rushed because I knew I had been up in front of the class for quite a while and tried wrapping it up quickly, a big mistake. It is a lot more important to deliver a good conclusion and be a couple seconds over the time than rushing your conclusion. The final thing that I think I could have improved on was my overall enthusiasm and eye contact. Although I was going off my power point rather than note cards I still needed better eye contact with the audience to get them involved. As for my next speech I will continue to do the things that I did well this time, and hopefully improve upon my weaknesses.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Self evaluation
BLog 5
The recent article that I read posted on Trisha’s wall was called “Tests Find Wide Range of Bisphenol A in Canned Soups, Juice, and More.” This article had to deal with the many dangers of Bisphenol A, otherwise known as BPA. BPA has many related diseases that go along with it including; a heightened risk of breast, prostatecancers, diabetes, and heart disease, all not good diseases that can often prove to be fatal. BPA was found in Canned objects such as soups, or plastic bottles that an any day drink would be put in. These diseases are not only caused by BPA, but any contact with BPA can often trigger the start of the disease.
The daily upper limit of BPA is around 50 micrograms per kilogram of weight which has recently been tested and found out as a dangerously high number of BPA for a daily intake. These numbers were based on tests done in the mid 80’s rather than the recently done tests suggesting a much lower intake. Some studies show that even the slightest amount of BPA such as, 2.4 micrograms per kilogram of body weight, can be dangerous and cause an abnormal reproductive system. Something that nobody wants going on in their body.
There has been many movements recently done to try to change the amount of BPA recommended for intake today. There has also been a movement to change all cans so they contain no BPA what so ever, to completely reduce the risk of having it affect you. There are many other articles related to this article I read including: http://atmizzou.missouri.edu/jun03/plastics.htm. This article discusses the many different dangers of BPA, and really clarifies the points that were made in the article that I read. It even more so discusses the fact that we need change, we need to not package anything in plastic bottles to eliminate the risk of getting these related diseases.
I think that this article is a very good article that does a great job discussing the dangers of a otherwise unknown chemical. It highlights all the things that we need to do and shows how we can take action. In my personal opinion I think we need to move fast and really make sure there are fewer health related problems from BPA each and every year.
http://civileats.com/2009/11/02/tests-find-wide-range-of-bisphenol-a-in-canned-soups-juice-and-more/
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Blog 4
The product that I did my claim on was Reduced fat, “Kettle Cooked,” Lays chips. The statement that they are reduced fat, and “Kettle Cooked” are two indications that they would be an overall, healthier chip. Although these chips are better for you than normal lays potato chips the claims that they make saying reduced fat and “Kettle Cooked” have little difference in the caloric value.
These chips are graded by two different experts and both of these experts give the chip a C in quality and overall healthiness. As far as eating a chip that is healthy and a good snack these chips would be not the number one option. There is 10% of your daily amount of fat in one bag, and 12% of the saturated daily fat. There are many healthier options when looking into a potato chip to eat, one of the main options would be baked lays chips. These have only 5% of the RAD of fat, and 3% of the RAD of saturated fat. Saturated fat is our main concern and a 7% difference is quite the difference.
These facts to me give a good representation of why we need to check our health facts before every food that we eat. A very little difference in the actual food and taste, yet a large difference between the fat in one bag to the fat in the other. When on trying to maintain a healthy diet every fat gram counts, especially saturated fat grams. As for me I would not eat the reduced fat, “Kettle Cooked” chips, one because of the unhealthiness of them, and two because of the fact that they taste exactly the same as another food that is a lot better for you. Although I am not a big chip fan, I have come to realize that not many chips are good for you so every time you decide to buy a bag of chips you should really look into the label and make sure you are making the healthiest, best decision, and that choice would not be the reduced fat, “Kettle Cooked” chips.
http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-lays-kettle-cooked-original-potato-i83694