How Many Visual Aids to Use

Video Transcript

"Okay let's talk about how many visual aides you should use. You've determined that you definitely want to have a visual aide. But should you bring in a chart and a poster board and draw on the chalk board and do a PowerPoint? No. Always limit your visual aide to only what is necessary. Unless you're doing a slide show and then you're automatically going to have more pieces of information. But you don't want to have a lot of different things. And it's not necessary to have repeats of the same thing. I'm going to show you my poster board with my pie on it. But then I'm also going to give you a hand out with my pie on it. And then I'm also going to draw the pie on the chalk board. That's not necessary. Pick what is the best choice to enhance the presentation. Because every visual aide that you add will take away from the other. This one is great. But then this one. Well this one I think is better than this one. And then this. Okay well that's good, too. I think that's maybe better than this. Alright, that's what it becomes about. When all you needed was this. Or all you needed is this."