Question

Search the Internet for an example of a visual aid for an oral presentation

Provide a brief critique of the effectiveness of this visual aid. Remember to cite your sources, defend your position with evidence from credible sources, and, when responding to your peers, be courteous and professional.

Answer 1

• The use of visual aids, together with good public speaking skills, helps to create effective presentations.
• Nowadays, more emphasis is given to visual aids which are essential for all successful presentations.
• Visual aids enhance the oral presentation. Clear pictures increases the audience's level of understanding of the material presented, and they can be helpful in reinforcing the message, clarify points, and create excitement.
• Visual aids involves the audience and need a change from one activity to another: from hearing to seeing.
• The use of visual aids, are beneficial to the audience as well as the speaker.
• It has been found out that retention of information three days after a meeting or other event is six times greater when information is presented by visual and oral means rather than when the information is presented by the spoken word alone.
• Speakers can also use their own bodies to demonstrate facts of a speech. If the speech is about ballroom dancing or ballet, they might use their body to demonstrate the basic moves.