Visual Aids

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Speaking: Visual Aids

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Speaking: Visual Aids

• • • • Designing the presentation as a whole Designing your slide master Designing each individual slide Using visuals effectively

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Designing the presentation as a whole

• Translate structure into draft slides

1. Closing and agenda slides: main takeaways

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Make stand alone sense Use presentation title Make highly visible

Building them up Keeping last slide visible during Q&A

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Designing the presentation as a whole (cont)

2. Supporting slides: explain and provide evidence for every item on the agenda

  Prepare one or more supporting slide for each agenda item Should follow from and relate back to the agenda

3. Opening slide: optional for grabbing audience interest

   Blank screen Title slide Grabber slide

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Designing the presentation as a whole (cont)

• Tie your slides together with connectors

1. Consistency

   1. 2. 3. 4. Same phrasing Same numbering system Similar phrasing in trackers Highlighted text Dim text Put a box around text Insert an arrow

2. Repeated agenda

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Designing the presentation as a whole (cont)

3. Trackers: shortened version of each main point on the agenda

   Should be visible without calling attention Do not insert in agenda or summary slides Do not include agenda or summary on list of trackers

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Designing the presentation as a whole (cont)

• Choose among types of slides

1. Deck slides: viewed individually, information rich 2. Traditional projected slides: less information rich 3. Image driven slides: visual, no or minimum text

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Designing the presentation as a whole (cont)

1. Deck slides: viewed individually, information rich

           Presenter seated Small audience More in-depth discussion More details Smaller font (14-24) Few photographs Complex graphs Audience can read before, during or after the presentation Provides detailed hard copy May be hard to keep...