Speaking & Writing for Premed Students. Why use Visual Aids? Clarity, Interest & Retention, Variety, Delivery Skills, Credibility. | Presentation Skills: Visual Aids ENC 3254 Speaking & Writing for Premed Students Structure and Speech Delivery Archives, Cal-Tech Visual Aids This slide maps a discussion about style in scientific presentations. In this discussion, one’s style in a presentation consists of three perspective: the structure and speech of the presentation, the visual aids that one uses, and the delivery of the individual. Note that although the book breaks up the discussion into four perspective, it is more balanced to divide a presentation of the material as three perspectives, especially if you are dedicating only three or four lectures to the material. While the speech simply consists of the words that the speaker chooses, the structure includes not only the organization of the presentation, but also the depth, the emphasis, and the transitions between the major sections of the talk. The visual aids include presentation slides, handouts, demonstrations, and films. Finally, the delivery consists of the speaker’s voice, movements (including eye contact), and stage presence before the audience. (CSP, pages 8-11) Structure and Speech Delivery Archives, Cal-Tech Visual Aids This slide indicates a transition to the second topic to be discussed: visual aids. In a shorter presentation, I often delete this slide. One point worth noting is that in teaching this material, I try to give the students a model for presentation slides that they can use in their own presentations. That is why I am careful to map this presentation. Visual aids include presentation slides, handouts, demonstrations, and films. The slides in this section of the presentation focus on the design of the most common type: presentation slides. By presentation slides, I mean still images that the speaker gives to the audience. These images could arise from computer projections, overheads, 35 mm slides, or flip charts. While I discuss presentation slides in more detail on later slides, I usually discuss demonstrations, films, | Presentation Skills: Visual Aids ENC 3254 Speaking & Writing for Premed Students Structure and Speech Delivery Archives, Cal-Tech Visual Aids This slide maps a discussion about style in scientific presentations. In this discussion, one’s style in a presentation consists of three perspective: the structure and speech of the presentation, the visual aids that one uses, and the delivery of the individual. Note that although the book breaks up the discussion into four perspective, it is more balanced to divide a presentation of the material as three perspectives, especially if you are dedicating only three or four lectures to the material. While the speech simply consists of the words that the speaker chooses, the structure includes not only the organization of the presentation, but also the depth, the emphasis, and the transitions between the major sections of the talk. The visual aids include presentation slides, handouts, demonstrations, and films. Finally, the delivery consists of the
