What are the major advantages of using visual aids in your speeches?
-heightens audience interest, shifts attention away form the speaker, and gives the speaker greater confidence.
What kinds of visual aids might you use in a speech?
-Objects and Models; Photographs and drawings; graphs; Charts; Video; The Speaker; PowerPoint.
What factors should you consider when planning to use power point in a speech?
-Why, how, and when to use PowerPoint. Plan that it will help enforce the message of your speech.
What guidelines should be used for preparing visual aids?
- Prepare visual aids in advance
- keep visual aids simple
- make sure visual aids are large enough
- use a limited amount of text
- use fonts effectively
- use color effectively
- use images strategically
What guidelines are given for presenting visual aids?
Display visual aids where listeners can see them; Avoid passing visual aids among the audience; Display visual aids only while discussing them; Explain visual aids clearly and concisely; talk to your audience, not to your visual aid; Practice with your visual aids; Check the room and equipment
