[Solution] Understanding Contemporary Visual Aids
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Author: Sarah Bennett
Your goal as a speaker is to help your audience understand, remember, and act upon your ideas. To improve comprehension and enhance retention, use visual aids.
Visual aids have many purposes. They can .
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Visual aids have many purposes. By emphasizing and clarifying your main points, they increase audience comprehension and retention of information. Research shows that visual aids may shorten meeting times. Visual aids can also focus audience attention and enhance your professional credibility.
When should you distribute handouts?
- At the beginning of your presentation
- At the end of your presentation
- In the middle of your presentation
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Refer to handouts in your presentation but distribute them at the end. This will ensure that your listeners pay attention to the content of your presentation instead of looking at the handout while you are talking.
What visual aid enhances recall because the audience keeps reference material?
- Handouts
- Transparencies
- Flip charts
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Handouts encourage audience participation. They are also easy to maintain and update, and they enhance recall because the audience keeps the reference material.
Read the scenario, and answer the question.
You are delivering a keynote presentation at a conference in Toledo, Ohio. You requested A/V equipment twice, but you never received confirmation of the equipment's availability.
What visual aid option should you choose? Check all that apply.
- Video clips
- Props
- Handouts
- Multimedia slides
- Zoom presentation
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In this situation, handouts, and props would be the best choices for your visual aids. Multimedia slides, zoom presentations, and video clips might run into issues regarding technology availability and compatibility. Choose the foolproof option rather than risking an unprofessional and unprepared appearance.
