M.C. CONSULTING

“Quality Communication Consultations”

Team 5

The AV Geeks

Visual Aids in Presentations

Training Program Objectives

1. After the training program, the trainees will be able to differentiate positive and negative uses and characteristics of multimedia in presentations, such as: good and bad color schemes, effective and poor transition choices, appropriate lengths of audio and video components in order to enhance the presentation and not become the sole part of the speech, and appropriate layout and amount of text in Power Point, etc...

2. After the training program, the trainees will be able to describe the purpose of multimedia in presentations.

3. After the training program, the trainees will be able to identify the consequences of poorly used multimedia.

4. After the training program, the trainees will be able to construct effective PowerPoint slides by using appropriate layouts, colors and transitions.

5. After the training program, the trainees will be able to use appropriate color schemes in PP slides that make viewing text and pictures easy.

6. After the training program, the trainees will be able to prepare a slide using the proper balance between text and pictures in PP slides.

7. After the training program, the trainees will be able to select proper transitions between slides in PP.

8. After the training program, the trainees will be able to identify the proper length of time to be used on audio / video with in a presentation.

9. After the training program, the trainees will be able to integrate audio / visual aid to enhance a presentation, instead of using it as a crutch.

10. After the training program, the trainees will be able to introduce, integrate and use props as visual aids correctly.