I did pretty well in the time travelers public speaking exercise. I take a concept that the audience knows (the cell) and very simply explain how it makes energy, which was not known during their time period. I speak clearly and do not use any fillers.
During the presentation, I did not voluntarily stay inside of the invisible box, I was inescapably trapped inside the very real invisible box. I make adequate eye contact and had a mix of confidence and nervousness.
I did not rely heavily on notes. On my notes, I had talking points that I could reference in case I lost my train of thought. Unfortunately, I did not have enough talking points to take up the two minutes so I had to talk about cellular respiration unaided for the latter end of the presentation. My subject matter may have been boring, but I believe I was effective in getting the gist of it across to the audience. If I were to go back and change this presentation I would add movement, hand gestures, unnecessary pyrotechnics and remove my notes.
