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
• 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
• Six lines of text
• Six words across
• Write as phrases
• Do not use sentences
28. Print
• Keep the typeface easy to read
• Use Upper and Lowercase letters
• Keep the typeface easy to read
• Use Upper and Lowercase letters
• ALL UPPERCASE IS HARD TO READ
29. Print
• Easier to read:
• Tahoma
• Arial
• Verdana
• Less easy to read:
• Times New Roman
30. Color
• Use same color background
• Black, deep blue for lettering
• Use bright colors to highlight info
• No more than four colors
• Use the “templates”
• Student example
31. Example
• Approximately 28% of adults in Iredell County have an
Associates Degree or higher
• 2010 US Census Data
36. Action Step 4: Adapt – Visual Aids
LO3: Displaying
Posters • Stations
Whiteboard • Collaboration
Handouts • Complex info, need for reference
Projected • 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
