Chapter 14: Using Visual Aids

What should you do if you plan to use electronic presentation aids?

1. Bring a backup of your presentation slides in a cloud storage folder or on a flash drive. 2. Check the room and equipment the day before a speech if possible. 3. Hook up your computer to the equipment you will use.

What are guidelines you should follow when preparing visual aids for a presentation?

1. Prepare them well in advance 2. Keep them simple 3. Make sure they are big enough

When preparing visual aids, what guidelines should you follow regarding fonts?

1. Select clear and easy-to-read fonts. 2. Use no more than two fonts on a slide. 3. Ensure that lettering is large enough for the whole audience to read.

What are considerations you should keep in mind when using photographs or drawings as presentation aids?

1. They should be large enough for the audience to see without straining. 2. They can be particularly helpful for clarifying complex ideas. 3. They are often best displayed using a presentation program such as Google Slides.

When using presentation technology, you should

1. give yourself extra time for preparation and rehearsal. 2. check the equipment ahead of time to make sure it is working properly. 3. make sure your text and images are easy for everyone in your audience to see.

Dolores is preparing visual aids for her speech about resources available to the Latinx community and has decided to use a handout. When should she distribute it?

after the speech

Research has demonstrated that visual aids, when used well, can increase a speaker's

clarity, confidence, and credibility

What is a major factor to consider when deciding whether to use an object as a visual aid?

its size

If you were delivering a speech about unemployment and wanted to show changes in the unemployment rate over the last decade, you should use a ____ graph.

line

If you want to use a photograph as a visual aid for a speech, you should

show the photograph to the audience by using presentation technology.