Visual Aids

Visual Aids

1. * Conveying your message effectively, people learn far more by hearing and seeing * The brain process verbal and visual information separately * If you can find a visual aid you will help the audience understand the information you are presenting

2. Benefits:* Spark interest, emotional connections, clarify your words, explain abstract ideas, draw conclusion or increase understanding * Is appropriate for the audience * Time management * Higher attention of audience * Help to keep the audience hooked to the presentation * Eliminates nervousness

3. Visual message * Effective visual * Explaining visual * Is important cause even if you stumble over sentences, mispronounce words, or get the numbers wrong, the audience will still understand.

4. Preparation * Prepare them well in advance * Apply the K. I. S. S Participle = Keep It Sweet and Simple * Make sure they are large enough * Use easy to read font * Use a limited number of fonts * Use color effectively * Simple background * Simple conclusion chart * Avoid sentences * Eliminate unnecessary information and details

5. How to use Visuals * Stand off to the side of visual * Point with the hand closest * Point your toes towards the audience * Turn your head, not your body * Shorten the pointer * Avoid touching the screen

6. Title chart We use it to state the topic and it’s importance to the audience

7. Charts - Overview: to preview the contents of our presentation - Bullet: to show list of ideas, phrases or key words, etc

8. Flow chart To describe a step-by-step process

9. Speech Preparation - Who? The sender is you - Say what? Organize the message and choose a topic - To whom? Analyzing the receiver - Propose? Communication’s effect or result - Where?When? Social context or situation. Receiver or feedback.

10. How to explain a topic * Step 1: introduce * Step 2: explain * Step 3: emphasize

11. Phrases to introduce the chart * This: Visual, verb, indirect question * The: adjective-noun, verb, chart feature * These: plural noun, verb, chart feature

12. Phrases to emphasize the chart * The key point is (that) * The point I want you to remember is (that) * Please note (that)