6Using Presentation Aids Effectively

image

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you should be able to:

•  State the key factors to consider when using presentation aids.

•  Determine when and how to use specific presentation aids.

Presentation aids such as slides, flip charts, overhead transparencies, videotapes, props, computers, and handouts can be a valuable part of your presentation. Selected carefully and used in appropriate ways, presentation aids reinforce, clarify, explain, and illustrate your points and concepts. They also add variety to a presentation, helping engage the audience and hold people’s attention.

This chapter provides ...

Get Presentation Success now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.