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Mastering Presentation Strategies: Engaging Visual Aids for Success

Learn about structuring effective presentations, avoiding audience disengagement, and leveraging visual aids for impactful communication. This guide covers critical errors to avoid, order of information, audience engagement techniques, and advantages and disadvantages of visual aids.

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Mastering Presentation Strategies: Engaging Visual Aids for Success

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  1. Chapters 3 & 4 Structure: The Strategy You Choose and Visual Aids Mahesh Alur, PhD 2007 RET Fellow Lake View High School

  2. Topics To Be Discussed • Introduction of previous topic • What is the structure of a good presentation? • B. Losing the Audience at Sea • C. Drowning audiences • D. Visual Aids

  3. Critical Error 3: “Leaving The Audience At The Dock • What is the subject? • Why is it important? • What background information is required? • How should the information be ordered? • Anticipating bias

  4. Topics To Be Discussed • Introduction of previous topic • What is the structure of a good presentation? • B. Losing the Audience at Sea • C. Drowning audiences • D. Visual Aids

  5. Critical Error 4: “Losing the Audience at Sea a G ps in logic No logic to indicate changes in course

  6. Launching Ships That Are NOT Seaworthy Just the facts? Expand the boundaries of data?

  7. Stick To The Facts Cannot afford to make mistakes Depends upon your audience

  8. Test The Water Already established credibility “If you can’t fix it, feature it.”

  9. Failure To Warn About Changes In Course Your audience should know where you are in your presentation. Beginning Middle End Middle  End transition is the most important Don’t just finish with “Any questions”

  10. Transitions “I have concluded talking about …” Mapping slides with pictures Pausing Physical cues Voice inflections Body position

  11. Topics To Be Discussed • Introduction of previous topic • What is the structure of a good presentation? • B. Losing the Audience at Sea • C. Drowning audiences • D. Visual Aids

  12. Drowning Audiences In The Details Too many details Lists of 2, 3, or 4 Break into smaller lists Hierarchy of importance

  13. Topics To Be Discussed • Introduction of previous topic • What is the structure of a good presentation? • B. Losing the Audience at Sea • C. Drowning audiences • D. Visual Aids

  14. Visual Aids Disadvantages Advantages More effective than words Variety/Beauty Effort Undermines authority Creation intimidating Can raise Qs Audiences remember: 10% of what they hear 20% of what they see Up to 50% if the slides are well-designed

  15. Types Of Visual Aids Overhead transparencies Computer projections 35 mm slides Writing boards

  16. Writing Boards

  17. More Visual Aids Demonstrations Models Handouts Passed Objects

  18. Summary Seaworthy ships Changes in Course Drowning Audiences Visual Aids

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