PechaKucha

I watched Lessons in Falling. It was about how Alain Parizeau found himself with the help of Graphic Design. Things fell into place in his life and he found a way to use Graphic Design to creatively solve problems and help people feel good. All his slides where good, the pictures fit well together and were good sizes. He had lots of examples of things he had created, which I liked. So the presentation itself was good, but his speaking was an example of things not to do. He said things like umm and uhh a lot, and took very long pauses in talking. This took away from his presentation because it was easy to lose track of what he was talking about and get off focus. It also made it less clear what he was talking about. I could tell he was less comfortable talking and not rehearsed. I like this form of presentations, because I like pictures and would prefer not to read slides, but I am concerned about my talking going smoothly. Knowing what not to do can help just as much as knowing what to do. I just will be more aware of not using words such as: umm, uhh, like, and okay. Those extra words we don't need and add because we lose our train of thought or run out of things to say.