tips for effective use of visual aids in presentations

TIPS FOREFFECTIVE

USE OFvisual aids

IN PRESENTATIONS

VISUAL AIDS

CREATE

Carefully picked, impactful visual aids will make you and your presentation stand out

iconicMOMENTS

JUST LIKE STOP SIGNS

DRIVERS FOR THENEED TO STOP,

visually alert

to illustrate

USED IN BUSINESS

PRESENTATIONS

VISUAL AIDS ARE

A POINT

3 REASONS

visual aidsFOR USING

TO MAKE A POINT CRYSTAL CLEAR TO YOUR AUDIENCE

1

TO MAKE YOUR POINT MEMORABLE

2

TO MAKE AN IMPACT SO THAT YOUR AUDIENCE REMEMBERS YOU

3

YOU ARE A

visual aidRemember you are one of your visual aids! Your overall style of delivery, including your clothes, has visual impact.

Consistency between what is being said and what is being seen is crucial to a speaker's credibility

MAKE SURE

messageTHE VISUAL AIDSUPPORTS THE

Visuals are sometimes clearer than a spoken word, some complex information will be much easier to understand

VISUAL AIDS ATTRACT

ATTENTION &SHED MORE

light ON AGIVEN POINT

MAKE

visibleYOUR

VISUAL AIDS

TO THE ENTIREAUDIENCE

Projecting an image people can’t see is as senseless as speaking so softly people can’t hear

LOOK AT THE

AUDIENCE NOT THE VISUAL

ALWAYS

eye contactMAINTAIN

WITH YOURAUDIENCE

PLACE IT TO ONE SIDE SO THAT THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE CAN SEE IT AND YOU CAN MOVE AWAY FROM IT AND

STILL FACE THE AUDIENCE

THEM

visualsINTRODUCE

Never show your visuals before you speak;

audiences have a tendency to quickly scan them and

tune out

BEFORESHOWING

OVERUSE OF VISUAL AIDS

CAN BE

hard

AN

TO

FOLLOW

Remember to restrict the use

of Visual Aids to key moments in your presentation

USEinvisibleVISUALS

Your story should paint a scene that

people can relate to

practicePractice, until you are

confident that you can handle without causing

undue distractions