Check your equipment before the speech
Prepare a backup plan
Display your aids as you need them and then put them away
Pass aids around so the audience can experience them
Rhythm
Unity
Balance
Emphasis
Balance
Unity
Emphasis
Pattern
Pattern
Unity
Balance
Emphasis
Make about 10 percent more than you think you will need
Include a title, date, your name, and contact information
Hand them out during your introduction
Make sure they look professionally made
They can contain large amounts of information.
They are good as a backup to other aids.
They are good to hand out at the beginning of your speech.
They are good to use when details are too small to be effective on other types of presentation aids.
When you don’t have or trust electronic equipment
To demonstrate a sequence or change over time
For large group presentations
When you want to condense information
When you want to brainstorm with the audience.
When you want to build your ethos.
As a backup to other presentation aids
When you need to explain something on an impromptu basis.
Synthesis
Graphics
Coordinated media
Multimedia
They can grab the attention of the audience.
They can increase your ethos when used properly.
They can take away the bulk of the message from the speaker.
They can make your speech memorable by appealing to the senses.
Pie graph
Line graph
Bar graph
Pictograph
Line graphs
Diagrams
Bar graphs
Pie graphs
Flowchart.
Organizational chart.
Table.
Drawing.
Actual items
Models
Diagrams
Tables
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