Audio visual aids for communication
Audio-visual Aids
Select and Use Visual Aids Effectively
Because we live in a time when communication is visual and verbal, visual aids that
reinforce your meaning can enhance any oral presentation.
Research has shown that oral presentations that use visuals are more persuasive, more interesting, more credible, and more professional.
i.e., more effective--than presentations without such aids.
If your presentation is long--20 minutes or more--visual aids can help your audience follow your ideas easily and with fewer lapses in attention.
The benefits of using visual aids include:
They help your audience understand your ideas.
You can use visual aids to announce each main point as you begin discussion of that point.
You can also use visual aids to accentuate and illuminate important ideas.
They help the audience follow your argument, your "train" of thought.
In both oral and written presentations, readers/listeners must perceive the pattern of
organization to comprehend effectively.
Guidelines for using visual aids:
Many of the guidelines for using visual aids in oral presentations mirror those for written
documents: they need to fit the needs of the audience; they must be simple;
They must be clear and easy to understand.
How many visual aids should I use?
Some kinds of oral presentations will require one kind of visual aid; presentations conveying complex information may require several kinds of visual aids.
What type of visual aids should I use?
You can use drawings, graphs, props and objects, a blackboard with an outline, charts,
demonstrations, pictures, statistics, cartoons, photographs, maps, etc.
Use anything that will help people SEE what you MEAN!
How do I design effective visual aids?
Because your visual aids will be seen while the audience is listening to you, you will need
to be sure that all visuals are as simple as possible and as easy to read:
• Avoid too much information on any single visual.
• Use boldface type in a font size that can be easily read.
• Use sans serif type because if produces a sharper image for slides and
transparencies.
• Limit the fonts you use to two per visual.
• Avoid all caps.
• Use a type--size and font--that contrasts distinctly with the background
Audio-visual Aids
Audio-visual aids are used to enhance the presentation. They can be handouts, photos, whiteboard, flip chart, PowerPoint slide show, microphone, music.
Be sure to focus your preparation on the speech more than the audio-visual aids.
Select and Use Visual Aids Effectively
Because we live in a time when communication is visual and verbal, visual aids that
reinforce your meaning can enhance any oral presentation.
Research has shown that oral presentations that use visuals are more persuasive, more interesting, more credible, and more professional.
i.e., more effective--than presentations without such aids.
If your presentation is long--20 minutes or more--visual aids can help your audience follow your ideas easily and with fewer lapses in attention.
The benefits of using visual aids include:
They help your audience understand your ideas.
You can use visual aids to announce each main point as you begin discussion of that point.
You can also use visual aids to accentuate and illuminate important ideas.
They help the audience follow your argument, your "train" of thought.
In both oral and written presentations, readers/listeners must perceive the pattern of
organization to comprehend effectively.
Guidelines for using visual aids:
Many of the guidelines for using visual aids in oral presentations mirror those for written
documents: they need to fit the needs of the audience; they must be simple;
They must be clear and easy to understand.
How many visual aids should I use?
Some kinds of oral presentations will require one kind of visual aid; presentations conveying complex information may require several kinds of visual aids.
What type of visual aids should I use?
You can use drawings, graphs, props and objects, a blackboard with an outline, charts,
demonstrations, pictures, statistics, cartoons, photographs, maps, etc.
Use anything that will help people SEE what you MEAN!
How do I design effective visual aids?
Because your visual aids will be seen while the audience is listening to you, you will need
to be sure that all visuals are as simple as possible and as easy to read:
• Avoid too much information on any single visual.
• Use boldface type in a font size that can be easily read.
• Use sans serif type because if produces a sharper image for slides and
transparencies.
• Limit the fonts you use to two per visual.
• Avoid all caps.
• Use a type--size and font--that contrasts distinctly with the background
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