2. VISUAL AIDS for presentations

3. 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

4. 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 serve as your cue cards

5. Types of Visual Aids Film Clips PowerPoint Slides Transparencies Display Boards Demonstrations Handouts

6. Keep It Short and Simple

7. 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 Keep It Large and Legible

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. 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!

12. 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

13. BAD PowerPoint Slides

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