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Making Persuasive Presentations
Dr. George Hayhoe
Dept. of Technical Communication
Senior Design Lecture
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What We Will Discuss Today
Understanding the communication process
Preparing your presentation Designing the visuals
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As the sender, you must establish credibility
Display knowledge of subject Display knowledge of audience Display professional manner
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Consider the message itself
Organization of content Beginning Middle End Transitions
Validity of argument – use a logic tree
The Answer
reason
reason
support
support
support
support
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Messages are conveyed through several channels
Spoken Visual Written Body language
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Messages are delivered to an audience
Know their agenda Know their preferences Know their feelings towards you
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Observe audience feedback
Verbal and nonverbal reactions Clues to whether or not they understand you
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Each visual should add value
Make the message the headingWhen possible, use a graphic to
illustrate the message rather than using a bulleted list
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Make the message the heading
People read top down Heading should convey significance of visual
What it means, NOT what it is If you can’t state a message, the visual isn’t
needed
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Sales 1990-2000
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A topical heading says “what it is.”
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Sales have nearly tripled in 10 years
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A message heading says “what it means.”
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Agenda
Overview Current market Competitors Opportunity Next steps
This visual tells audience only that the presentation has 5 parts. It provides no meaningful roadmap.
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Our goals today are
Define critical issues New technology New market demands
Determine change in focus Agree on implementation steps
This visual sets stage for presentation by letting audience know what the speaker hopes to achieve as well as the order of topics.
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Xenon headlights illuminate signs better than halogen headlights do
[Sylvania, 2008 ]
Xenon Headlight
Halogen Headlight
SilverStar Ultra TM
Standard Halogen
Xenon
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The small size of the mouse brain makes locating specific areas extremely difficult
[Welker, 2008]
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The Chesapeake Bay, which is the country’s largest estuary, has only two places for traffic to cross
[landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov]
Dover
Washington D.C
Richmond
Annapolis
sha.state.md.us
[roadtraffic-technology.com]
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In the past 55 years, traffic has significantly increased on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
1961Traffic 1.5 million
[Maryland Transportation Authority, 2007]
1952Traffic: 1.1 million
2007Traffic: 27 Million
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What to know about designing text visuals
Make the message the headingFollow simple guidelines
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Here are some guidelines for text visuals
Use strong action verb phrases Keep lists parallel and in the order you intend
to follow Use upper/lowercase type and simple
typeface Highlight the most important message on the
visual
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Organizational structure has allowed these weakness to develop
Key tasks are not being performed: market research, long-range planning, proposal writing.
The organization is overly dependent on key people: two individuals manage all aspect of program.
Work unevenly divided: several departments are overloaded, other are underutilized.
Communication among departments is poor. The staff’s involvement in the organization is artificially limited.
Text is too dense, too long, and visually unappealing.
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We can gain a competitive advantage if we
Provide major pricing advantage with new plants
Reach the market ahead of the competition Service the entire region from central
distribution
Phrases let speaker tell story. Verbs give sense of action.
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We will build on the basics
Provide superior financial productsUnequaled client service Strength and value
A list that is not parallel in form is hard to read and understand.
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To build on the basics, we will
Provide superior financial productsOffer unequaled service to clients Preserve strength and value
Strong verbs make good lists.
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Guidelines for any graphic
Message determines form Convey one message per chart Make the chart easy to read Convey data honestly Eliminate all unnecessary design details
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Message determines form
Bar and column chart – compares or groups items
Column and line chart – shows change in variables over time
Pie chart – indicates relation of part to other parts or to the whole
Scatter diagram – shows the relation of two or more variables
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Gross Revenues per Product
Important information not highlighted; too many visual distractions.
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in m
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Northrop
MD
Airbus
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As a % of sales, manufacturing and G&A costs have remained steady
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G&AG&A
MFG
Chart clearly illustrates message in heading. Labels are clear.
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Tips to convey data
Order variables for easy comparison Keep differences between quantities equal Start numerical axis at zero Use 3D charts sparingly—they give deceptive
weight to the items in the “front”
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Conveying data
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1
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4
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1
2
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4
Ordering variables by size makes comparison easier.
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Put the least varying bar of stacked bars on bottom
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Lifesavers
M&Ms
Mentos
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Mentos
Lifesavers
M&Ms
This chart is a more honest representation of the data.
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Sales by Division
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100
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Year
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in m
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ns North
South
East
West
Start numerical axis at zero and eliminate unnecessary grid lines.
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Sales have increased in all divisions except the West
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Message is in heading, no gridlines, and trends are easy to follow. .
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Problems with 3D charts
Cheese10%
Fruit45%
Cereal16%
Vegetables22%
Bread7%
Pie sections in front of screen have distorted emphasis.
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Guidelines specific to column and bar charts
Keep bars and columns wider than spaces between them to focus attention on message
Label bars and columns when possible, instead of using legends and grids
Group items for comparison
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Peach sales are the lowest of software products
$0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000
Kumquat
Orange
Plum
Banana
Peach
Effective for comparing one or several variables. .
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Peach sales continue to be the lowest of graphics packages
$0
$20,000
$40,000
$60,000
$80,000
$100,000
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1998 1999 2000
Kumquat
Orange
Peach
Effective for comparing one or several variables over time. .
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Guidelines specific to line charts
Reserve the heaviest line for the most important variable or component
Use a variety of broken lines for other variables
Anchor data lines to the left axis
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Line charts show changes in time of 1 or more variables
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West
East
More effective than column charts when you have more than 4-5 data points. .
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Guidelines specific to pie charts Limit the number of components to five or
fewer Highlight your message by exploding the
most important segment Place the most important component at the
12 o’clock position and use darker shade to show emphasis
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Bagels are our best sellers
Rye bread
Wheat bread
Sweet rolls
Banana cake
Coconut cake
Raisin cookies
Chocolate cookies
Plain bagel
Onion bagel
Garlic bagel
Too much detail obscures main message. .
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Bagels are our best sellers
Bagels
Cookies
Cakes
Rolls
Breads
Based on the message, this visual is to the point. .
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Visual support helps people remember your message
Design visuals that add to presentation Keep visual simple One point per visual
Use the most appropriate form Text visuals preview and summarize and provide
transitions Charts show relationships among data
Keep the audience focused on your message, not on the design features
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Questions?