1. TED Talks Presents
How I’m preparing to get
Alzheimer’s

2. “I’m preparing to get
Alzheimer's.”
There is no way to prevent
Alzheimer’s disease, you can
only prepare for it because if
it is in your genes, you will
eventually develop it.

3. Alanna Shaikh is a global health and development
specialist with a vendetta against jargon. She has been
dealing with her fathers Alzheimers disease for about a
decade and has come up with a way to prepare herself
for when her time to develop the disease comes.

4. Alanna begins her
speech by
explaining
Alzheimer's and the
symptoms that are
often tagged with
the disease. Her own
father being her
prime
example, brings the
audience onto a
personal level with
Alanna.

5. Alanna seemed to keep the
audience’s attention with her
different prospective towards
Alzheimer’s disease.

6. Preparation. Alanna believes that people
expecting to develop Alzheimer’s should
not try and prevent it, but PREPARE for it.

7. “If the monster wants you, the
monster will get you.”
Alanna’s speech consists of her telling us
about three main ways she’s going to
start improving herself now, so that she
will be able to hopefully live a happier
life when she develops Alzheimer's.

8. I noticed that Alanna seems to
value commandment six the
most throughout this speech.

9. She isn’t afraid to put herself or her heart on
her sleeve. She is brave enough to go onto
stage and present herself in an extremely
vulnerable way.
She speaks of how she has not always been
kind and loving, but when she develops
Alzheimer's she will be stripped of everything
but her heart so she wants to improve it.

10. DYNAMISM
I would give Alanna a 5 for Dynamism.
Her speech really touched myself on a
personal level even though I have never
dealt with Alzheimer's. She connected
with the audience in a sincere manner
that caught attention and moved her
point from the stage to the audience
throughout the entire presentation.

11. During Alanna’s presentation I learned that
when speaking to an audience don’t address
them as a group, talk to them as if you were
just talking to another person. Make it personal.

12. Sir Ken Robinson and Alannah Shaikh
are both very talented speakers.
Though they both have a very
different procedure for presenting their

13. Alanna Shaikh
Alanna speaks very fluidly and uses a
serious tone, that throughout her speech
turns into a hopeful and comforting tone
of voice which makes it easier to listen
too. She connects with the audience on
a personal level that allows you to see
the battle she will soon have to face
with Alzheimers. She spoke smoothly
throughout entire speech.

14. Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson speaks very
informatively. He takes everyone's
prospective into account when he
delivers his speeches. His speeches may
consist of some added dry humor, but
they are in depth. Well thought out and
well planned. His speeches are delieved
in a comfortably urgent matter. He
speaks as if he is in the process of
change.

15. I think that Sir Ken Robinson’s speeches are maybe not
as personal and as appealing to my own sense of
humor (in some parts) but are more informative and
even a little bit confusing.
Alanna’s speech was easy to grasp and understand.
She left margin for the audience to feel sympathy for
her and her fathers cases, but did not beg or plead for
it.

16. A tip to my classmates.
A tip that I would give to my classmates
would be to try and attempt to address
an audience not as a whole, but
personally so that the communication
from you to them can move less
confusingly and more fluidly.

17. Thanks for watching!