Favorite Presentations

My two favorite presentations were Lukas’s and Eliana’s. Not only was the material very interesting in both presentations but also the designs captivated the audience. Eliana’s impressed me mostly because of the subject matter. I was not aware of body dysmorphic disorder before this class. Learning about the disorder truly shocked me because the symptoms are so severe and so counterintuitive for people lacking the disorder. For example, Eliana talked about a woman who thought she was balding and consequently put a bag on her head to hide it. When the woman later removed her covering, she actually had a thick head of hair! Eliana had a good choice of pictures; the very first photograph was astonishing. She had enough text, but not too much, and the background went well with the rest of the presentation. She used a white background, which enhanced the color of the photographs she used. The content of Lukas’s impressed me because I had never thought about physical therapy specifically aimed at amputee soldiers. The presentation was very emotional and also had captivating pictures. I liked how he started out with his animation on his first slide. The way he had the people fighting was cleverly done. He had a good incorporation of a YouTube video, which was very fitting to the overall theme of his presentation. It was touching. He also had a light background, which made the colorful pictures he used stand out in the foreground and he had little writing so as not to bore the audience.