Informative Speech Self Evaluation
Name: Instructor:
Date of Speech: Topic:
1. Describe how and why you selected your topic.
2. When researching your topic, what resources (i.e. the library, magazines, on-line databases, etc.) did you use to find reliable and reputable sources to support your topic? Keep in mind that the internet is not always a reliable source of information.
3. As you outlined your topic, how did you determine the organizational pattern?
4. What method(s) did you use when you practiced your speech? Was that method(s) effective?
5. What one item would you spend more time on – research, outlining, or practicing – in order to improve your next speech, and why?
6. Watch your recorded informative speech and
thoroughly evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, and areas of improvement for next time. Use the back of this page if needed.
**Adapted with permission from the University of North Dakota, Director of Public Speaking.
