Effective Use of Visual Aids

Steve BoeseOctober 8, 2008

Give them something to

remember

92%

I can read these words twice

as fast as you

can say

them

250wpm

125wpm

(even Hilary)

Simplicity

Limit bullet points and text

• Companies need to develop better collaboration tools– Workforce can be spread all over the world– Use of contractors and outsourcing

• Increase of Generation Y and millennials in the workforce– Very comfortable with new technology– Expect access to colleagues and

knowledge• Facebook and mySpace phenomenon

Collaboration

Collaboration

Collaboration

Looks a little like an iPod – no?

Globalization

London Paris New York

Generation Y

70million

Social Networking

Animation

Objects

Appearing

Like MagicFrom nowhereHELP!!!!!!!

surpassgrow

outweigh

grow/shrinkeffect

Facebook growth

Images

Clip Art is not your friend

Use a picture

Charts

Baseball Wins

020406080

100120

Met

s

Yanke

es

Orioles

Red S

ox

Brave

s

Tige

rs

Team

Win

s 2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

2006 2007 2008

mySpace

Facebook

Facebook growth

Women in the Labor force

• Women comprised 46% of the total U.S. labor force and are projected to account for 47% of the labor force in 2016. – http://www.dol.gov/wb/stats/main.htm

USA 2007 Labor Force

54%

46%Men

Women

http://www.dol.gov/wb/stats/main.htm

46%

Color

Color

Choose colors and background carefully

• If you choose the wrong colors and backgrounds then

• You could make the information difficult to read

• You could confuse the audience• Making the text impossible to read• And be painful to the eyes• Bad color choices can cause

unexpected side effects

• Some of these are– Upset stomach– Headaches– Itching– Cramps– Increased heart rate– Stroke– Audience tuning out

Choose colors and background carefully

White text on a black

backgrou

nd works

the best

Q- Who am I?

A - Casey Stengel

He also managed the Mets

Fonts

Times New Roman

Lazy, uninspired, accepts the default value

Courier

Organized, meticulous, detail minded

GiGi

Creative, adventurous, risk taker

Serif

Times New RomanBodoni

Rockwell

Sans Serif

ArialGill SansLucida

This presentation uses ?

Multimedia

Martin Luther King Dream Speech

• MLK had several dreams– Nation to rise up to live out creed

• All men created equal

– Sons of former slaves and former slave owners could sit down

• At the table of Brotherhood

– Transformation of Mississippi• From heat of injustice to oasis of freedom

– Judgment of children• Not by color of their skin• By content of their character

August 28, 1963

In Summary

Recommended

Available in RIT Library – cool!!