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The more senses involved in a communication transaction the more likely the receiver
is to understand the senders message and remember it.
Clarifying Information
Adding credibility & persuasiveness
Oral presentation with visual support is more persuasive and more effecitve from the
audiences viewpoint than are those without visual support. The audience is more likely to
approve the ideas of the persons using visual aids.
Why use visual aids?
Many possible types of visual aids
Slides
Handouts
Flip Charts
Vital in group brainstorming sessions where ideas must be recorded, narrowed, and
solidified in front of the group
Make sure the information is large enough for the entire audience to see
Posters
Advantages of transparencies
Easily produced
Guidelines
Number transparencies
Their use allows speakers to go into depth on some points while skimming over
others
They provide something for audience members to take with them for future reference
Guidelines
Needs to be well-prepared
Tips for using slides
Use bullet statements when possible (no more than 7 per slide)
Avoid too much verbiage and clutter
Keep it simple (less is more)
Keep sound effects to a minimum
Only use long quotes and/or sentences if necessary (in which case, bring in each
sentence one at a time)
losses)
It depends on
Your goal
Your audience
Your budget
Available technology
Tips for effective use of visual aids
Use pictures or other visual aids to spark a story (there are stories in objects)
Figures (charts)
Tables
Charts
In a bar
occurence..
Bar Charts
Charts
occurences is the pie chart. A pie chart is divided into proportional segments according to
the share each has of the total value.
Pie Charts
Graphs
Most suitable diagram for exploring the trend is a line graph in which your data
values for each time period are joined with a line to represent the trend.