The document provides guidance for effectively presenting and discussing charts or graphs during a presentation. It recommends that the speaker (1) tell the audience what visual they will see before showing it, (2) help the audience understand how the information in the visual is organized, and (3) focus the audience's attention on a specific point in the visual. The speaker should stand next to but not in front of the visual so the entire audience can see it clearly.

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PRESENTATION
STRATEGIES 2
ACADEMIC
COMMUNICATION SKILLS 2

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What is the problem?
Refer to a Chart or a Graph
Sometimes a speaker needs to help the audience understand
complex information with numerical data and statistics. A speaker
can show this information in a visual such as a chart of a graph.
The visual can help the audience understand the information.
However, the speaker should not assume that the audience will
immediately undertand the visual and how it related the
presentation.

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To speak effectively about the visual images, the speaker can
guide the the audience by doing the following;
 Tell the audience what they will see before you show the visual.
 Help the audience understand how the information is organized.
 Focus the audience’s attention on a specific point.
 Stand next to but not in front of the visual, so it is easy for
audience to see it.

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Expressions for Speaking
Effectively About a Chart or Graph
 Now I am going to show you a graph that shows
 Along the left side, you can see..
 As you can see here…
 If you look across the top of the graph…..