April 5-11 Chapter 11

Presentations with a visual aid such as the powerpoint is very useful when making the speech. Yet I believe we abuse it too much and thus it creates a bad aura between the audience and the speaker due to the eye contact with the powerpoint more than the audience. However, when I read chapter 11, I found some useful tips about the visual aid. What I found useful in chapter 11 was the concept of Digital Slide Design Tips. In this concept it shows the tips in designing your visual aid so that it can be more effective. One way is to avoid relying on text or numbers. There are more such as limiting the amount of bullet points for each slide, decrease the number of words for each bullet point, having a cleaner and larger font, choosing the right transitions that goes with the topic, and avoiding special effects. These tips are helpful because they help the audience to have a more comfortable view of the powerpoint.This is because the visual aid is something for the audience to look at and I believe what the audience wants to see are pictures that interest them rather than words because words are for the speaker to present and to speak to the audience. This saying that speaker is the words of the presentation and the visual aid is the images of the presentation for the audience to entertain.