Unit Two: Part Four

What to Show in a Visual Aid

Lists: series of words or phrases that organize ideas one after the other (list keywords with a heading)

Charts: steps in a process or parts of a concept

• flow chart: illustrates direction or motion
• organizational chart: illustrates structure

Graphs: visual comparison of amounts or quantities that show growth, size, proportions, or relationships

• bar graph: compares quantities
• line graph: shows trends
• pie graph: shows relative proportions of whole
• picture graph: visual representation of info.

Also, Drawings & Maps

Types of Visual Aids

Object: something that can be touched

Model: copy of an object, usually built to scale, that represents an object in detail

Demonstration: display of how something is done or how it works

Also: handouts, white/smart board, poster board, flip charts, videos (30 sec. or less), pictures/images, powerpoint slide

Demographic Analysis:

Think about a speech or lecture that was memorable to you. Did it have a visual aid, and if so what type of visual aid do you remember?

Visual Aids (ch. 11)

Memorable example of visual aid

First of, why are visual aids so important?

Remember to Consider with all Visual Aids:

Font type & font size

Color schemes

Balance: visual relationship between the items

And always, Practice, practice, practice

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A message without visual aids

• 3 hours later: audiences recalled 70% of content
• 3 days later: audiences recalled 10% of content

A message delivered with visual aids

• 3 hours later: audiences recalled 72% of content
• 3 days later: audiences recalled 35% of content

If visual aids are done well:

gain and maintain audience attention

increase memory

explain and clarify

reduce nervousness

It's Delivery Time

Delivery Cont.

Why is proper delivery so important? Let's see...

Articulation & Pronunciation

• Physical process of producing specific speech sounds to make language intelligible
• Act of saying words correctly according to the accepted standards of a language

Dialect

• pattern of speech that is shared by an ethnic group or people from specific geographical locations

Nonverbal Components of Delivery

• Personal (physical) Appearance
• Eye Contact
• Facial Expressions
• Posture
• Gestures
• Proxemics

Verbal Components of Delivery

Your Turn

In groups of 6, generate a list of examples (gestures, proxemics, posture, and facial expression) that would be appropriate and inappropriate or useful and useless under each of the categories listed below. Be able to enact some of them to the class after discussion

• Informative Speech on Ebola
• State of the Union Address
• Commemorative Speech at a funeral
• Acceptance Speech for an Emmy

• Vocal Variety p. 186
• Volume (loud/soft)
• Rate (fast/slow)
• Pitch (high/low)
• Inflection (vocal emphasis)
• not monotone
• Pauses (breaths)
• avoid vocalized pauses (um, uh)

Methods of Delivery

* Action or manner of speaking to an audience*

Extemporaneous (conversational)

Impromptu (spontaneous)

Manuscript (written word for word)

Memorized (from memory, no notes)

refer to table 10.1 p. 186

All of your speeches are extemporaneous with the exception of one manuscript

Activity: (Impromptu)

In groups of 3-4, think about having lunch with anyone in the world: Who would it be? Write down a few main points that you want to talk about. Be brief. When you are prepared, give a 2-3min speech to the members of your group. Each person will complete this process

Unit Two: Part Four

Chapter 10-11