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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
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...