What a wonderful presentation Mr. Rosling gave! He had my undivided attention the entire time. I really enjoyed it when his data starting moving while he was talking about it. The way he interacted with it was genius. His knowledge of the subject matter and use of the tools available in Power Point were obvious. He appeared comfortable and managed them well.
I think the key elements of his technique were the ability to keep the story going, interacting physically with the animated data, and his vocal inflection while talking about it. All of these things combined gave him a decided edge in keeping the audience's attention.
I will always remember this presentation. When doing one myself, I hope to make it interesting to my audience like he
did.
Val,
ReplyDeleteI too felt that his technique was great and that it got my attention. But at some points did you find that all the action going on in his presentation was hard to keep up with? Or did you feel that you understood his topic better with the aid of animated data and his vocal inflection?
I definitely got more out of it because of his animated data and vocal inflections...his accent added even more character to the latter.
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