Response to Alex's Kool Aid Blog

I decided to watch Alex's posted demonstration evaluation video of a girl named Lori who presents a speech on how to make Kool Aid. After watching her speech, I learned a lot. She had a catchy introduction, she was intriguing throughout the entire speech, and had a great conclusion. I completely agree with Alex on all of her points.

Lori started her speech off with confidence and a catchy introduction on how she had finally found a perfect recipe. Also, Lori was extremely upbeat, loud, firm, and confident throughout her entire speech. It was no contest to stay interested in Lori's speech and was actually very entertaining to watch. Her conclusion was great, hitting all the main points and reiterating what she wanted to get through to the audience. It was short and to the point. Overall, I definitely gained some points worth remembering from Lori that will help with my next speech.

I also agree with Alex's point that Lori could maybe slow down and let her points sink in with the audience. I strongly believe that sometimes slowing down is effective and causes the audience to pay attention. It may even add a little drama to your speech!

Demonstration Evaluation

I found a speech on YouTube of a college student demonstrating how to build a Subway sandwich- Subway Girl. I actually found this topic to be quite intriguing, considering I always watch in awe as to how perfectly every Subway sandwich is made. I believe this speech had many positives, but also had numerous negatives that are worth pointing out. One of the negatives was that of the presenter's use of the word "like". I think using "like" every few words is very annoying and unprofessional. Also, the girl presenting was not serious enough in a way. Another notable negative was that she took too long in presenting how the meat should be put on the sandwich. Personally, I think after putting twenty-four slices of turkey on one piece at a time, it was not necessary to put twenty-four slices of ham on after that, or twenty-four slices of cucumber AND tomato. It took too long and presented a lull in her speech and caused me to lose interest for a bit. After losing interest, I found it difficult to refocus and gain interest again.

However, her voice was very clear and her visual aids were phenomenal. She spoke loudly and added some levity to her presentation, being able to make her audience laugh a couple of times. But, the negatives outweighed the positives in this demonstration speech. Overall, her demonstration was very repetitive and not worthy of six minutes. In reality, learning how to make a Subway sandwich would most likely take a maximum of three minutes.