"If you are surprised and entertained by each visual as it pops up onto the screen just think what your audience feels as they demonstrate you may be the only one enjoying your show. Gone is the finely honed edge of professionalism demonstrated in the pre presentation banter as the audience fades away into the everlasting torrent of bulleted text as it spins and swirls from all the sides of the screen and further supplemented by sound effects that only seem appropriate emanating from a children's ride at the local county fair.
When using visual aids it more effective to introduce less text that way your audience can concentrate on your words, gestures and body language for more impact.
Check consistency in fonts, formatting and slide transitions.
This is also the time to complete a streamlining edit. The streamlining edit can be difficult for some as the suggestion here is to reduce your slides by fifty per cent from where you began before actually making the presentation.
Be sure to rehearse with your visuals, as you would actually use them so that you become familiar with them and see that your message and visual aids are congruent. A highly effective visual presentation technique is to introduce or transition to a visual before it actually appears on the screen.
Carefully chosen and well-designed visuals will show your audience advance planning, creativity and a thorough thought process that weaves its way throughout your presentation." |
