Date Cake Demonstration Speech

I chose to do my demonstration speech on how to make a date cake as I have been making this cake for a long time. If you want to view my speech you can click on the title of this blog. As I go back and watch the video of my speech, many strengths and weaknesses are evident. First of all I think my introduction was good because it related to everyone in the class. Many of us are in our first year of college, and it is still pretty hard to get adjusted to studying everyday; therefore, I thought my introduction relating all of us and how we can reduce stress through baking was a strong point of my speech. I also that the organization of my speech was a plus point. After introducing my topic, I went into a little history about dates and how I started baking it. Then I listed the needed ingredients and materials. After doing so, I went through the steps of how to make a date cake. This was the most logical organization of the speech.

The physical part of the presentation contained many strengths and flaws. I am quite enthusiastic about the topic of how to bake a cake, but when I go back and watch the video it seems that I am merely listing off things from memory. I will need to improve myself on how to be more engaged in my own topic. The volume and body language of my presentation were a strength. I could hear myself perfectly fine when I was watching the video, and I did not make random body movements or hand gestures.

I feel that the audience was not engaged in my speech as I was not demonstrating the topic in real life. I was just listing the steps one by one. Due to my residence being off campus, I could not bring many items to the classroom, but that would have been a great way to keep the audience engaged. My visual aid was the powerpoint and the end product: date cake. I think I could have increased the effectiveness of my speech by seeming more enthusiastic and engaging the audience somehow.

I think I would still choose to do the same topic again if I was given the chance because I really know about this topic. There is a lot I can do to improve my speech. I could increase the amount of visual aid, audience participation and my enthusiasm. Otherwise, I would still keep my introduction and organization of steps.