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1 Using Visual Aids Effectively
“Where’s the darn flipchart in this room?”

2 Why Use Visual Aids? They save time and add interest
They improve listener understanding They improve listener retention They allow for different learning styles

3 Verbal and Visual Recall

4 Types of Visual Aids: Advantages and Disadvantages
Overhead Transparencies Slides Flip Charts and Posters Objects and Models Handouts Whiteboards and Chalkboards Computer Assisted Audiovisuals

5 Guidelines for VAs The VA should never become the REASON for the speech The VA should be appropriate for the length and format of the speech Know what technology will be available to you The higher the tech, the more you need redundancy and backup--Burnett’s rule of VA

6 Size Matters This is a 72 point f This is a 60 point font

7 This is a sans serif font--This is Arial
Type Fonts Serif fonts versus Sans Serif fonts This is a sans serif font--This is Arial This is a font with serifs--This is Times New Roman

8 More On Fonts Please see the overhead projector for more on fonts

9 Additional Guidelines for Text
Use only 4-6 lines of text per VA Use phrases, not full sentences Use Upper Case and Lower Case for ease of reading Leave the same space at the top of a VA Limit lines to no more than 40 characters

10 Use Clip Art to Keep Interest
The text can be placed here on the left, and the picture on the right

11 How Not to Use PowerPoint
In most situations, PowerPoint should NOT be used as a running outline as we do here! Use PowerPoint to generate illustrations of particular data points or pieces of support Slides are easily printed to overheads using specialized inkjet and laser jet overheads (print on the rough side!) Kinko’s (and others) can do the job!

12 Technology and Its Impact on Communication in Organizations
“I’ll have my fax call your fax with my address.”

13 Some Trends Regarding Technology
Organizational decentralization, both geographically and managerially Increases productivity, decreases in employees Dramatic increases in information sharing Dramatic decreases in middle level management Increased use of contract workers

14 Theoretical Approaches to Technology
Neil Postman--Amusing Ourselves to Death Thesis--The dominant technology of the age has a profound effect on what passes for truth in a culture Applied to business--increasing information technology will color our judgments about the credibility of information produced by other means

15 Some Statistics In 2000, 2.6 trillion (2,600,000,000,000) messages In 2005, estimates suggest 9.2 trillion 78% of US businesses randomly check employee 14 million employees under constant surveillance

16 Some Email Litigation Nightmares
“Yes, I know we shipped 100 barrels of [deleted], but on our end, steps have been taken to ensure that no record exists. Therefore, it doesn’t exist. If you know what I mean. Remember, you owe me a golf game next time I’m in town.”

17 Litigation Nightmares, cont.
“Did you see what Dr. [deleted] did today? If that patient survives it will be a miracle” “Hi David, please destroy the evidence on the [litigation] you and I talked about today, Thx, Laura.” “Hi Laura. Ack yr. msg. and taken care of. Aloha, David”

18 Overview Remember, belongs to the company [Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 1986] It is retrievable even after deletion Monitoring by the company is legal, that is, you have no expectation of privacy If you have a private address that also gets used for business, expect no privacy here either AOL and other ISPs get hundreds of subpoenas every year

19 in Practice Don’t write anything you wouldn’t want to see on the front of the New York Times Don’t ever respond in anger DON’T USE ALL CAPS, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE SHOUTING!!! Understand your company’s policy

20 Developing a Company Email Policy
Part of the KM (Knowledge Management) trend Consider legal requirements of your field for preserving s—SEC requires 3 years of unaltered records Consider digital archiving and auto-catergorization—allows retrieval and provides context Ellison is happy, Henry Blodgett is not!

21 Teleconferencing--Pros and Cons
Advantages: shorter meetings, more task oriented, more organized, more equal participation regardless of status, more open exchange of ideas, less likely to be swayed by group norms, less threatening Disadvantages: fewer nonverbal cues to aid interpretation, tech uncertainty

22 Videoconferencing Advantages: almost all of teleconferencing plus better chance of getting nonverbals Disadvantages: startup costs ($20-25,000), tech uncertainty2

23 Intranets and Organizational Communication
Defined--any LAN or WAN capable of supporting internet applications What’s on one?--Policy manuals, benefits info, price lists, product catalog, marketing literature, newsletters and announcements, online help, reports, customer data Why do it--access for employees + staff, transparency, efficiency Caveats--security, disclosure?


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