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How to Use Slides and Visuals Effectively in English Presentations

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    This article explains how to properly use slides and visual materials in English presentations to enhance effectiveness, emphasizing that the speaker is the core and slides should serve as support tools rather than distractions.

    I think it's important to always remember you're the presentation not the slides. The slides are there to support you, they're there to support the message, and the second they start competing with the audience for the audience's attention, you're in trouble. So obviously don't put too much on the slide, but really keep the slides in a support role.

    So I work a lot with science presenters, and in some cases these scientists will take the graph or the chart that they've built for a publication. So like in an article they'll take that and they'll put that up on a slide. What creates this bad situation where the audience has to decide either between looking at the slide trying to figure out all that's going on there or look at the presenter and listen to them. That's created attention that you don't want to have.

    So I like it when slides are in a support role. If I'm saying something I try for it not to be on a slide. If it's on a slide I try not to say it. Unless it's so important it has to be both auditory and visual. But certainly not every slide's going to be like that. So I really like to make sure that slides are kept very much in a support role. You're the message. Slides should just be there to help.

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  • attention

    noun

    1. the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

    e.g. no medical care was required
    the old car needs constant attention

    Synonym: careaidtending

    2. a courteous act indicating affection

    e.g. she tried to win his heart with her many attentions

    3. a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together
    assumed by military personnel during drill or review

    e.g. the troops stood at attention

    4. the faculty or power of mental concentration

    e.g. keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention

    5. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

    Synonym: attending

    6. a general interest that leads people to want to know more

    e.g. She was the center of attention

  • support

    noun

    1. documentary validation

    e.g. his documentation of the results was excellent
    the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones

    Synonym: documentation

    2. a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

    e.g. they called for artillery support

    Synonym: reinforcementreenforcement

    3. the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

    e.g. he leaned against the wall for support

    Synonym: supporting

    4. aiding the cause or policy or interests of

    e.g. the president no longer has the support of his own party
    they developed a scheme of mutual support

    5. the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

    e.g. his support kept the family together
    they gave him emotional support during difficult times

    6. any device that bears the weight of another thing

    e.g. there was no place to attach supports for a shelf

    7. supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation

    e.g. the statue stood on a marble support

    8. something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest

    e.g. the policy found little public support
    his faith was all the support he needed
    the team enjoyed the support of their fans

    9. a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

    Synonym: accompanimentmusical accompanimentbackup

    10. the financial means whereby one lives

    e.g. each child was expected to pay for their keep
    he applied to the state for support
    he could no longer earn his own livelihood

    Synonym: keeplivelihoodlivingbread and buttersustenance

    11. financial resources provided to make some project possible

    e.g. the foundation provided support for the experiment

    Synonym: financial supportfundingbackingfinancial backing

  • visual
  • presentation

    noun

    1. a show or display
    the act of presenting something to sight or view

    e.g. the presentation of new data
    he gave the customer a demonstration

    Synonym: presentmentdemonstration

    2. the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward)

    e.g. she gave the trophy but he made the presentation

    3. a visual representation of something

    Synonym: display

    4. (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal

    e.g. Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations

    5. the act of making something publicly available
    presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it

    e.g. he prepared his presentation carefully in advance

    6. the act of presenting a proposal

    7. formally making a person known to another or to the public

    Synonym: introductionintro

  • auditory

    adj

    1. of or relating to the process of hearing

    e.g. auditory processing
    an audile person

    Synonym: audileauditive

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