Visual Aid Design and Use

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What about visual aids?

Visual Aid Design

 

Visual Aid Design

Visual Aid Use in Presentation

Clarity

  • Font size
  • Font style
  • Grammar/spelling
  • Limit of information on each page

 

Color

  • Use for highlighting and focus
  • Complementary colors

 

Contrast

  • Set apart ideas, images, concepts

 

Bordering and Bullets

  • Guides the eye to important area(s)
  • Indenting and underlining

 

Identification of Parts/Components

  • Arrows and labels

 

Relevancy

  • Does it relate to the topic?
  • Does it help the audience connect to the topic?

 

Professional Appearance

  • Obvious preparation and care

 

 

Sight Lines

  • Standing to the side of VA
  • Sides
  • Height

 

Pointing and Guiding

  • Lead the audience through VA while speaking

 

Have back-up plans

  • Watch out for Mr. Murphy
  • Don’t rely on high-tech

 

Avoid speaking to your VA

 

Coordination

  • With oral presentation of material
  • With other presenters

 

Practice

  • With presenters
  • With actual technology in the space

 

Limit audio and audio-visual clips

  • Be strategic and purposeful

 

Balanced use of presentation space

  • Avoid presenting to one side only