I watched a Pecha Kucha called "Music Moves Me" by Breanne Tepler. She talks about how music helped her cope with two major tragedies in her life. I really enjoyed how she explained what happened in her life, her background, and why she turned to music in the first place. She sounded very confident when she spoke and that made me want to keep listening. Since she was talking about something very personal to her, so she was obviously an expert on what she was presenting. She continuously had something to say, there weren't any awkward silences. Something that would improve this presentation is if she spoke slower. At times, it sounded as if she had too much to say, and was trying to cram it all in. Especially in the beginning, it was difficult to keep up because she was speaking at a hundred miles per hour. Most of the visuals on her slideshow were interesting, especially the photos of herself or her family. Some of the photos, however, seemed irrelevant. For example, I don't understand why I'm looking at a picture of a tree by a river when she's talking about a car crash. It would keep my attention better if the visuals had some type of correlation to the information being presented.
Overall, the Pecha Kucha was very interesting and left an impression. The presenter was effective in communicating her message. This type of presentation makes me nervous because of the whole "20 seconds per slide" thing. It may make it seem to go faster, which is good, from my perspective. But I think it could also make it feel like it was dragging by. I think I'll be able to fill my ten slides worth, but I'm having trouble deciding exactly what to say.
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