Thesis Project:  Ryan Sylvester

Question:  Rate the clarity of your public speaking skills

 

Rating Scale:  ( 0 = Very Unclear and 10 = Very Clear)

 

Out of 235 people who presented at the conference, 65 completed the pre-conference survey and 45 completed the post-conference survey.  However out of the data submitted only 39 records were usable.

 

 

Participant Pre-Conference Survey (13) Post-Conference Survey (11) Because of your experience at the Student Academic Conference, did your clarity of public speaking (Increase, Decrease,
No Change) (Post 12)
Briefly explain how speaking at the Student Academic Conference either increased or decreased your clarity of public speaking (Post 13)
02 7 8 increase I needed to be able to get across my research to people who didn't have a science background so I had to find new words, and a more efficent way to get my point across.
03 6 9 no change I feel it remained about the same.
04 7 8 no change  
05 7 8 increase The Student Academic Conference forced me to become better prepared for public speaking, due to the perceived higher standard of speaking in the company of other student academics.
06 10 9 no change  
07 8 7 increase no change really. I didn't prepare adequately to increase my speaking clarity.
08 10 9 no change It did niether
09 7 7 no change made me more aware of aspects of presenting that i need to work on as a presentor
10 8 9 no change  
11 6 9 increase I think I talked too fast
12 5 4 no change My clarity of public speaking didn't change.
13 7 7 no change  
14 8 9 increase Practice makes me better. Just by speaking I got better at speaking.
15 10 10 no change I am a rather experienced speaker already, so I just tried to use the experience and that, for the most part, worked.
16 8 8 increase  
17 8 9 no change I think I do very well making the lay person understand what I am talking about ( making sure that others understand everything is very important when speaking to a crowd that might not know anyhting about what you are talking about).
18 8 5 no change  
19 7 7 no change none
21 10 10 no change I presented a memorized speech; it was as clear as I usually am.
22 6 7 increase I found how hard it is to interpret to the publicinto terms the topic which I know so much about. It gave me a better understanding of what information was important to the general public.
23 7 8 increase I felt more comfortable after giving the speech, because I knew the topic well and I think I did well.
24 6 7 increase As I said before, two days before the conference I was more disorganized than I thought, but for some reason, during the conference, I pulled it together. Some of the written in remarks I recieved included compliments on my delivery and clarity, so of co
25 9 9 increase practice
26 7 8 no change  
28 7 7 no change  
29 7 9 no change  
30 9 10 no change  
31 6 8 increase I was able to clearly speak about my topic and not get to frustrated when I couldn't think of what to say in response to a particquestion.
32 7 5 no change same as above
33 7 9 no change  
34 4 7 no change No change
35 7 8 no change I believe my clarity in public speaking remained at the same level. Of course practice makes perfect, so there was probably some increase in clarity, but nothing that I noticed.
36 6 8 increase It required more preparation on my part than most other presentations I have given. Therefore, I feel I was more prepared and more clear when speaking.
37 5 7 increase know have to explain vocab. words or unfamilar phrases
38 9 10 increase Again, I believed this gets better everytime you speak, so the conference has helped to increase this.
39 7 7 no change I perform many presentations, so I am about the same at all of them.
40 9 8 increase I used power point, which I haven't had a lot of experience with, so I had a little more practice with it. It helped to keep my presentation organized and easy for my audience to understand.
41 6 7 no change  
42 7 8 increase This was the first time I presented this information. Clarity increased as I became comfortable with the situation.


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