Self Evaluation

I gave my informative speech on Eleanor Roosevelt. As far as the delivery of my speech goes, I was nervous and I think you could tell that when watching me. I did make eye contact, but felt I could have done more. I did have vocal variety and tried to avoid long pauses during my speech. I think I spoke a little to fast at times though. Watching the video of my speech was worse for me than doing the actual speech.
The information I gathered on Eleanor Roosevelt was from credible sources. I avoided all sites that were .com's as well as any that contained adds on them. I did only cite one source orally, I could have possibly added another in there, but I felt is sounded strange in the speech.
I believe my speech was well organized and I followed my outline pretty well. I did rely on my notes to keep on track even though I rehearsed my speech numerous times. I think this was mostly due to nerves as well as not having a lot of experience giving speeches. To me speeches are just like anything else, the more you do them the better you get at them. I obviously have not given many speeches!
I felt that I was well prepared for my speech; I rehearsed more times than I would like to admit. I felt comfortable with the information I was trying to get across, yet my nerves still got the best of me at times. I am glad though that my face did not turn bright red like it has in the past. I could have done better with the presentation of my speech, but considering that this is the first speech that I've given since high school I am proud of myself.