Presentation Skills/Visual Aids

Visual Aids

Using visual aids to represent your ideas are a great way to engage your audiences with your presentation. Your thoughts and examples might get lost in a sea of text where audiences might have a challenging time what to remember or take note of. Take some time to challenge yourself with using visual aids such as images, videos, and illustrations.

Designing Presentations

Use Empty Space: White space allows a focus an appreciation of central element

Contrast: Use design elements that are clearly different to draw viewer's attention.
For example: Near/Far, Empty/Filled, dark,light, serif/sans serif

Repetition: Subtly repeat a common design element in order to make the visual more unified.
For example: Repeat slide background, consistent use of font

Proximity: Group related items together to provide the viewer with visual organization.

Alignment: Connect elements on a slide visually. Use grid lines to ensure good alignment.