How to make (and use) Visual Aids for Presentations

Research has proven why they are necessary, too.

• In other words, YOU will do a better job with the presentation, AND your audience will understand AND remember it better!

• Scientists and educators have found that “retention of information three days after a meeting… is six times greater when information is presented by visual and oral means than when the information is presented by the spoken word alone”(Source).
• Some studies suggest that about “83% of human learning occurs visually, and the remaining 17% through the other senses.”
• It is also believed that when a visual aid is used, the speaker does a better job of movement and gestures.

Why should we care?