Unit 6: Creating Your Presentation Aids
Now that you have outlined the content you want to convey, you can begin developing the materials you will use to support your presentation. Your presentation aids include everything from yourself (your clothing or a physical demonstration) to flip charts, handouts, models, illustrations, audio or video clips, and more common slideshow presentations like PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Prezi. Your written and visual content should reinforce and enhance your spoken message by directly adding something beyond what you state. The key to designing successful presentation aids is to give your audience another way to access your content. The design should be simple and clear, and use space, color, fonts, and media to help explain your message without being overwhelming or distracting.
Completing this unit should take you approximately 2 hours.
Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- explain the purposes for developing and using presentation aids; and
- explain the effect different design elements have on your presentation aids.
- explain the purposes for developing and using presentation aids; and