PPP Presentation 1.1

Stefan Sagmeister: Happiness by design

https://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_shares_happy_design?language=en

Watched Sagmeister's short talk from the TED archives to help me with the presentation. Noticed that he uses visual cues on his slides to keep the attention away from him which will help me as I often get nervous before presenting. He speaks very slowly and takes his time throughout the presentation. This makes the information easy to digest for the audience and stops Sagmeister tripping over his words.

Sagmeister also uses humour to relate to the audience and bring them on his side. This makes everyone, especially the speaker, more comfortable. He isn't hiding behind the laptop which shows he's comfortable and also makes the audience feel like he wants to be there. This is important for gaining all of the audiences attention.

The structure of Sagmeister's presentation is well practiced because he introduces a subject which intrigues the audience and then shows the slide with imagery that relates to his previous point. This makes the presentation more engaging because the audience is anticipating the next slide.

I aim to make my presentation visual because it's a useful technique that engages the audience and stops everyone looking at me which is intimidating. Sagmeister had a 15 minute time slot which he filled comfortably as he chose happiness as the subject to focus on. My presentation is half the length of Sagmeister's which means I need to be concise and stick to a time plan.