2. Speech Action Steps
1. Choose a Topic & Goal
2. Develop Content
3. Organize and Develop Material
4. Adapt Material to Audience (Visual Aids)
5. Practice
26. Layout
โข Limit the reading required of the audience. The
audience should not spend a long time reading the visual
aid; you want them listening to you. Limit the total number
of lines on an aid to six or fewer, and write points as short
phrases rather than complete sentences. There should be
as little text on the screen as possible to communicate the
ideas.
27. Simplify: The Rule of Six
โข Six lines of text
โข Six words across
โข Write as phrases
โข Do not use sentences
28. Print
โข Keep the typeface easy to read
โข Use Upper and Lowercase letters
โข Keep the typeface easy to read
โข Use Upper and Lowercase letters
โข ALL UPPERCASE IS HARD TO READ
29. Print
โข Easier to read:
โข Tahoma
โข Arial
โข Verdana
โข Less easy to read:
โข Times New Roman
30. Color
โข Use same color background
โข Black, deep blue for lettering
โข Use bright colors to highlight info
โข No more than four colors
โข Use the โtemplatesโ
โข Student example
31. Example
โข Approximately 28% of adults in Iredell County have an
Associates Degree or higher
โข 2010 US Census Data
36. Action Step 4: Adapt โ Visual Aids
LO3: Displaying
Posters โข Stations
Whiteboard โข Collaboration
Handouts โข Complex info, need for reference
Projected โข Almost all visual aid types available
37. Speech Action Steps
Step 4
Adapt
LO2:
Developing
Visual Aids
LO3:
Displaying
Step 5
Delivery
LO6: Handling
Presentation
Aids
