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Effective Use of Visual Aids in Presentations

The document discusses different types of visual aids that can be used when presenting, including objects, models, photographs, drawings, graphs, charts, transparencies, video, and multimedia presentations. It provides guidelines for preparing visual aids, such as preparing them in advance, keeping them simple, and using fonts that are easy to read. Guidelines are also given for presenting visual aids, like displaying them where the audience can see, avoiding passing them around, and explaining the visual aids clearly.

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Effective Use of Visual Aids in Presentations

The document discusses different types of visual aids that can be used when presenting, including objects, models, photographs, drawings, graphs, charts, transparencies, video, and multimedia presentations. It provides guidelines for preparing visual aids, such as preparing them in advance, keeping them simple, and using fonts that are easy to read. Guidelines are also given for presenting visual aids, like displaying them where the audience can see, avoiding passing them around, and explaining the visual aids clearly.

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CHAPTER 8

USING
VISUAL AIDS

KINDS OF VISUAL AIDS


1. Objects
2. Models
• An object, usually built to scale, that represents another
object in detail
3. Photographs
4. Drawings
5. Graphs
• A visual aid used to show statistical trends and patterns
• The most common types are:
• Line graph
• Pie graph
• Bar graph
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6. Charts
7. Transparencies
• A visual aid drawn, written, or printed on a sheet of
clear acetate and shown with an overhead projector
8. Video
9. Multimedia presentations
• A speech that combines several kinds of visual and/or
audio aids in the same talk
10. The speaker

1
GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING VISUAL AIDS

• Prepare visual aids in advance


• Keep visual aids simple
• Make sure visual aids are large enough
• Use fonts that easy to read
• Use a limited number of fonts
• Use color effectively

GUIDELINES FOR PRESENTING VISUAL AIDS

• Avoid using the whiteboard


• Display visual aids where listeners can see them
• Avoid passing visual aids among the audience
• Display visual aids only while discussing them
• Talk to your audience, not to your visual aid
• Explain visual aids clearly and concisely
• Practice with your visual aids

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