Planned Parenthood Reflection

In my speech on the defunding of Planned Parenthood I kept a very even tone of voice. I could always understand myself and I thought I did a good job sounding confident speaking in front of an audience, which is something I struggle with. Renan Havill also mentioned that I “spoke clearly and effectively.” The passion I feel about my subject was very evident at times by the way I changed my voice to emphasize certain points I was making. I could definitely improve on keeping an even pace throughout my speech. I knew I was going over time so I started to speed up towards the end and things started to get a little bit condensed and possibly confusing because of how fast I was flying through different topics. Another thing Renan mentioned was that

As Adrian Castaneda commented, I “provided a lot of statistics” which backed up the arguments I was making throughout my speech. I think I should have included more citations so the audience would know I wasn’t just making up random facts that supported my arguments. People seem to be more interested in speakers when they know the content is valid. I was able to follow the three citations I did provide and I’m glad that I remembered to explain a little more about some of them, such as when I provided information on what the Congressional Budget Office does. The other supporting evidence I included was a lot of facts on how many women are helped by Planned Parenthood’s services, which I backed up by citing the Guttmacher institute and Planned Parenthood. I think the Guttmacher institute was a good source to include and I also explained a little about it as well to inform the audience that it was a nonpartisan organization and the data I collected was not biased. My weakest source was definitely using Planned Parenthood itself, because it is obvious that the organization would only provide the public with positive facts and data. I think if I would have gotten rid of the Planned Parenthood source and included a few other very reliable and nonbiased ones then my arguments would have been more effective. I completely agree with Anthony Neu’s comment that “next time I should use more resources to cite my facts.” I will definitely take this into consideration for my next speech if I have a lot of facts to