Explaining the process

In this task, I will explain the process of designing that took place before I started working in Prezi.

Prepare for lift off

I printed a six-page transcript (about 4000 words) of Bryan Stevenson's TED Talk, both in English and Dutch, to fully understand it and to start working on it. Besides the printout, I used a highlighter and a pen.

Engage thrusters

This section is the most important part of the whole process.

I started reading the full transcript with a highlighter and a pen in my hand. I highlighted every word that seemed important to me and took notes in the margins. I distinguished between facts and the anecdotes that Bryan Stevenson told, because these were completely different kinds of information.

Bryan Stevenson told three stories in his speech. The first story was the story about his grandmother. The first paragraph of the story goes as follows:

I grew up in a house that was the traditional African American home that was dominated by a matriarch, and that matriarch...