VISUAL for AIDS presentations PURPOSES OF VISUAL AIDS

VISUAL for AIDS presentations

PURPOSES OF VISUAL AIDS • • The back up to a presentation To keep the audience's attention To reinforce the understanding To communicate special concepts To highlight specific points To provide structure and order To provide notes and headings

AVOID USING THEM TO: • impress your audience with overly detailed text, charts, or animations • give masses of information • limit interaction with your audience • present simple ideas that are easily stated verbally

Types of Visual Aids • Film Clips • Power. Point Slides • Transparencie s • Display Boards

Keep It Short and Simple

Keep It Large and Legible • • • Readable Clear Well organized Attractive Non-distractive Memorable Consistent Balanced Check your spelling • • • Readable Clear Well organized Attractive Non-distractive Memorable Consistent Balanced Check your speling

DEVELOP A SENSE OF COHESIVENESS BETWEEN SLIDES • Use the same font and preferably the same size • Use a single colour theme ❤ Use the same type of bullets • Use the same type of headings • Use the same type of images

Slide Outline Think of your slide show as a visual essay…. . topic of presentation Slide 1 Slide 2 Main Slides “Title Page” “Introductory Paragraph” “Body Paragraphs” names of presenters Thesis: Goal or objective of the presentation Arguments: Overview (outline) - organization of presentation Main Information Details, Proofs and Discussions Second Last Slide “Concluding Paragraph” Final Slide Bibliography Results and Discussion related to the Goal Documentation and Sources

Timelines • Allow between two to three minutes per slide, as a general rule of thumb • For a half-hour talk, 20 slides are definitely more than enough • Never have more than 30 slides for 50 minute talk

Content • For each slide, ask yourself, “What do I want to convey to the audience with this slide? ” and tell the audience just that NO MORE, NO LESS!

Images, Sound Clips, and Videos • Using additional media can add a great deal to your presentation, but it can also detract or distract • Only use relevant images, sounds and videos • Don’t include them simply for the sake of it

BAD Power. Point Slides

YAY Power. Pint! • • Why is this powerpoint slide bad? I don’t understand what you mean? This looks very professional I love powerpoints