Back-up to a presentation

Keep the audience's attention

To provide structure and order

To provide notes and headings

To highlight special points

To save time of writing

To provide clarity

To provide definitions - Accurately

To communicate special concepts

To express equations or formulae

To provide diagrams or pictures

To provide space for additions

The speaker can:

Never refer to the graphics

Read the graphic word for word

Only use the headings

Use the graphic as a template for both narrative and display

Construct a graphic on the fly

GENERATIVE TOOLS

Pen and paper

MacDraw

Powerpoint

Overheads

2x2 Slides

Opaques

Computer Displays -- Powerpoint

PRESENTATION TOOLS

Organized (begin - body - end)

Bullets

Diagrams

Overlays

Color

Overhead slides can be overlaid to allow the speaker to add components to a diagram as they become relevant. For example:

can be overlaid to create:

and finally:

Or use fading and overlaying facilities in Presentation packages

They should be:

Readable

Clear

Well Organized

Attractive

Non-distractive

Memorable

Too busy, too much, too small

Too quickly removed

Distracting

Poorly Organized

Non-translatable