Visuals

Did you know? Retention of verbal information supported by visuals is 6 times greater Perception 50% visual 40% hearing 10% other

Why use visuals? To organise presentation To provide interest and motivation: change of activity To help remember or visualise info To illustrate numbers and processes To support key info in a foreign language Encourages speaker’s gestures and movements

When not to use visuals? For safety For long quotes or definitions For verbal info only

Possibilities Posters Flipchart Graphics Pictures Videos Transparencies Powerpoint Prezi.com

The flipchart Advantages - can be used in full light - good for interactive talks to record contribution - previously recorded info is available Disadvantages difficult to see from a distance turning away from audience technical problems

Techniques Do explain what you are writing loud maintain contact use large, thick letters use a lot of fresh pages have spare markers prepare complex drawing in advance prepare a poster for repeated talks

Don’t - stand in front of your writing - turn away long from your audience - write silently

Transparencies and powerpoint Advantages - allow for varied visuals - facing the audience - prepared in advance

Disadvantages - visibility (dark, adjustments) - screen - accidents - ties you to the machine

Key principles Speech vs. visual info: INTERACT Chunk, organise, highlight

Maximum 6 A series of short slides vs. one packed Time! Avoid breaking the rythm

Be relevat, appropriate, effective Colour, font type , size, animation Text and image

Important! Check equipment and environment First introduce your slide Reveal info gradually Remove info when irrelevant Rely on the laptop screen instead of the board Avoid talking to the machine or the screen

Pictures, videos Advantages - illustration - dynamic Disadvantages - act „instead of you” - distributing, setting it up takes time, breaks the rhythm of talk - visibility

Techniques Pictures - introduce it first - should be big enough to see - introduce it first - leave time to hand around and see - ask audience to listen OR look - use it to illustrate or create associations - use local images to illustrate general ideas

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Videos Check for screen and equipment Set up the equipment ready to start Explain what is to come Tell what to watch for beforehand

Graphs Advantages Impression of precision and professionalism Image = reality Easier to understand relations, tendencies, or compare figures

How to use them? 1. Introduce subject. What does it show? 2. Transition. Let’s turn to … 3. Explain source and features (axes, etc.) 4. Describe the visual (movement, etc.) 5. Comment and analyse. 6. Do not read or explain everything. 7. Use round figures and emphasize trends.

Types Graph Bar chart Pie chart Other

Frequency of other engagement markers: imperatives (IMP), rhetorical (RHET) and real (REAL) questions Presenter 1Imp/X sec 1Rhet/X sec 1Real/X sec 1 - 64.4* 290 2 201.4 705 3 206 27.5* 4 425 68.7 5 450 128.6 300 6 141.6* 354 177 7 482 8 477 9 229 485 10

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Practice makes perfect! Practise integrating visual into talk operating equipment emergency actions

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Number of graduates in the past 20 years

Number of graduates in the past 20 years

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