I watched Why Our Screens Make Us Less Happy (Links to an external site.) by Adam Alter. I enjoyed how the structure of his speech began with a funny anecdote of a businessman who would eat his brand’s dog food at business meetings to prove that he was confident in the product. I think that starting with this hook really grasped the audience as we were humored, and curious to see how this related to screen time. After, Alter has his first slide as a quote from Steve Jobs, who, after hyping up the new iPad, talked about how his children haven’t touched it because they try to limit the amount of technology in the home. Having quotes typed out on slides makes them more reputable, and ingrains their relevance because the audience is able to reread them. Steve Jobs carries a lot of ethos as the former CEO of Apple, and this was an excellent transition to Adam’s discussion about how screens make us less happy. He then used his slides to have easy-to-read, comparison diagrams about how technology has been eating up our free time in the past few years. The diagrams were very clear and showed how much minimal free time we have outside of our screen usage--something I found pretty scary--although not surprising. He then stated that even this free time spent on technology is mostly spent on apps we do not even enjoy, such as dating and social media apps. He created a quick visual with a side-by-side comparison of apps that make us happy and apps that do not--from studies he has conducted. At the end, I think he effectively wrapped up by talking about ways in which we could turn his words into action and he gave a couple of ways in which we could limit our screen time. I think these examples were effective, and I am going to try them. I liked the way that he incorporated data and studies he has done into graphics on his slides and they were effective in proving his point. He did end with a sort-of metaphor with a lot of imagery about a beach--but it felt a little forced and overly descriptive to the point where it was trying a bit hard. I think his structure of the speech was very well executed though, because it flowed very well.