EFFECTIVE VISUAL

AIDS

A GUIDELINE FOR
STUDENTS’ MID-TERM
PRESENTATION

BY: DESP – CFL – VNU

 VISUAL AIDS: WHY?
People remember:
• 20% of what they hear
• 30% of what they see
• 50-80% what they see and hear

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 Points to remember
Your visual aids should:
• Serve your purpose
E.g. Reading books is valuable.
• Demonstrate ONE concept
each
E.g. Football and tennis
• Consistent, simple and accurate
E.g.

Game
revolution
is taking
place
• Use colour for emphasizing
E.g.
“With MegaPower, things will be
different!”
• Minimize text, maximize graphics
• Be large enough to be seen!
E.g.
Suit and tie
What’s the right medium
Handouts
• Inexpensive
• Multiple copies
• Some thing to
bring home!
 Handouts: When?

Agenda

Much information to share

Handouts
Outlines

Information for future use

 Realia: When?

Vague verbal description

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Pictures with little enhancing value

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Realia
 Boards: When?

Important occurring concepts

Quite informal environment

Boards
 Boards: How?

Boards
for

Traditional and familiar against

Breading eye contact with audie

 Video
When How
• Multimedia-related • Functional
• Sequences in • Not too long
progress
 Multimedia
When How
• TEXT+GRAPHICS+ • Well-prepared
VIDEO+AUDIO • Equipment needed
• Avoid overwhelming
amount of
information
YOUR DESIGN: HOW?

Colour

Format
Good design
Balance

Readability
 Your Design: Colour
• Use colour with purpose
• Too many used: value lost
• Consistent colour for same items
• Colour change when events change
• Realistic colour: grass should be
green!
 Colour: Rules and tips

Warm
colours
Red,
Orange,
Yellow

Cool colours:
Violet, Blue,
Colour tips: What for what
• Warm colours:
texts

• Cool colours:
Backgrounds
 Colour tips: How to combine
• Harmony:
warm+warm,
cool+cool
• Complementa
ry:
warm+cool
(opposite)

ote: Latest versions of PowerPoint have preset colour combinatio

 Format: How?
• Position
Upper, left-hand corner: important
information/ key word
Lower, right-hand corner: details
• Movement (opposite to eye movement)
From right to left
From bottom to top
• Direction
Horizontal: stability
Vertical: growth/action
Broken lines: inconsistency
 Balance: How?
• Limitation rule: 5x5

5 5
lines of text words per line

• Spacing
between heading and text: bigger
between lines in text: smaller
 PRESENTING VISUALS
• Consistently prepare the visuals
• Number the handouts
• Clearly, concisely word the visual
headings
• Stand facing the audience
• Don’t stand covering the visual
• Point with closer hand to visual
• Remove the visual when finished
HANK YOU FOR LISTENING