creating and using presentational aids
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Creating and Using Presentational Aids
Presentational Aids: Visual, audio, or audiovisual aids that help you express ideas in your speech.
Why Use Presentational Aids The main reason to use such aids is that they
make verbal messages more concrete. Presentational aids also:
Adds variety to your speech Reduces your public speaking anxiety Increases listener retention Enhances the persuasive appeal of your speech Reaches listeners by addressing different learning
styles
Types of Presentational Aids Actual Objects Models Photographs Drawings Diagrams Maps Graphs Charts Audiovisual Materials Audio materials
Example Diagram
Example Map
Using Graphs Graphs: Representations intended to
make statistics, statistical trends, and statistical relationships clearer to the listeners. Bar graphs: Useful for comparing items. Line Graphs: Useful for representing
trends over time. Pie Graphs: Useful for representing
percentages of a whole.
Example Bar Graph
Example Line Graph
Example Pie Graph
Ways to Display Presentational Aids
Chalkboard / Whiteboard Poster board / Display board / Flipchart Handouts Overhead Projectors / Document Cameras Audio and video players Computerized slide shows (powerpoint) and
LCD’s
Constructing Presentational Aids
The aid should enhance verbal message. The aid should communicate ideas clearly.
Size – Make it large! Simplicity – Keep it simple! Use simple font. Color – The use of color can help you communicate
ideas and make your presentation clear. Limit the information on your aid. (Your slide show
should enhance your presentation, not repeat it – avoid having too much on the slide.)
Use upper and lower case letters.
The Importance of Font
Times New Roman
Avoid Cursive fontsHelvetica
Avoid Gaudy or italicized fonts
Geneva
Avoid Very thin fontsArial
Bad ChoicesGood Choices
Using Presentational Aids Practice with your presentational aid. Position your presentational aid before you
begin your speech. Explain and integrate your presentational aid. Talk to your audience, not to the
presentational aid. Disclose and conceal your presentational aid
when appropriate.
Explaining and Integrating Your Presentational Aids Reveal the aid by disclosing it to the
group. Explain what the aid is by describing
its purpose. Refer to the aid by pointing to it and to
the images and details you are talking about.
Explaining and Integrating Presentational Aids Integrate the aid by showing its
connection to the point you are making in the speech.
Remove the aid by concealing it to the group.
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