In watching videos 7.1, 7.2, 8.1 and 8.2 I learned about materials to support and inform in a speech. In one of the first videos it was advised to not overdue personal narratives. They are great in many cases, however they may become too long and distract from the main points in one's speech. I have experience in doing that during public speaking class in high school, but it didn't compare to one of my friends speeches who was talking about their family. His speech was practically a narrative from his birth on. It was incredibly boring and hilarious (the fact that it was so boring made if funny). I can't even recall the point of the speech, so that proves that personal stories shouldn't be lengthy.
What stuck with me most from the videos was probably transitions. It's always been a challenge for me to transition smoothly, orally and in writing. A few of the different types of effective transitions include ordering, chronology and summarizing. I think that to improve my transitions for speeches could be to incorporate the words that the video recommended, depending on the different transition type (e.g. however, although, in summary, therefore, etc.).
I love the use of personal narratives but your right starting from birth is a bit lengthy. I think a good narrative should only be parts of your life or stories that are relatable to the subject. I kinda wish I saw more of the personal narratives in the speech buddies videos and not just the girl who did hers on the usage of cell phones while driving. As for transition i can't help you there. I tend to stick to chronological order but in the body paragraphs that proves difficult since they usually aren't organized in events that happened after another.
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