VISUAL AIDS – DESIGN AND TYPE


Introducing  the visual


Ok. Let’s take a look at…



Meaning of the visual

This shows/ illustrates/ demosntrates/ refers to …
This is a graph/ a diagram which shows
As you can see, this is…
Here we can see…


Focusing Attention

Id like to draw your attention to…
One of the most important aspects of this is….
At first glance it seems… but

Fill in the blanks. Listen and check.


Color         illustrate                  first glance                            diagram



Mark:     I have a transparency here to___________ how I organize informal feedback.

Bob:        I think the OHP is out of focus. Can you fix it?

Mark:      Sure. OK, that looks better.Where did the pointer go? Well never mind. I can just use my hand.  At____________, this system may look rather complicated. But its actually very simple.


Linda:        Do the different shapes mean types of files?

Mark:        Actually, the shapes in the ___________represent organization within the
              file. And I would also like to draw  your attention to the______________
              coding of the shapes. The meaning of each color is related to the three
             situations I described before when informal feedbck is given.

Which visual aid is best to show the information? Write the choice in the blank.


Bar chart          flow chart                diagram        pie chart             table


1.Use a __________ to show the growth in company expenses over the past five
   years.

2.Use a __________ to compare several features of three products to see similarities
and differences.

3.Use a __________ to show the percent of customers (100%) who prefer different products.

4.Use a __________ to show the steps in the process of production for a product.

5.Use a __________ to show the relationship between various departments in an
  organization.

Fill in the blanks in the following critque of a presentation’s visual aids.

Compatible                       distracted                 layout                     technical



             PRESENTATION CRITIQUE


Visual Aids:    1. The colors of your slides and text are not _________. It was hard to
                       read the yellow text on orange slides.
                   2. The__________ of your flow chart was very hard to follow. I
                        couldn’t understand it at all.
                   3. The animation on the slides_________ the audience from the
                       information. We were all watching the moving animals.
                  4. There were many __________problems during the presentation.


                    Practice with the equipment before your presentation!