Scenario 2A

Visual Aids and Demonstrations

Though other chapters cover visual aids more in depth, suffice to say, visual aids can provide a speaker with powerfully gripping opening techniques. Additionally, demonstrations may provide an audience with a visually compelling reason to listen as well.

Visual aids can look like a well-designed PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Prezi presentation. It could be one impactful image or physical article which encapsulates or demonstrates your topic.

A visual aid could also look like a student delivering an informational speech on the martial art of tai chai walking slowly and deliberately out into the center of the room, taking a deep breath, and in silence, beginning to perform various forms and poses inherent to the art. Without saying a word, such a demonstration effectively captures an audience’s interest to hear more.

Scenario 2B

Visual Aids and Demonstrations

Though other chapters cover visual aids more in depth, suffice to say, visual aids can provide a speaker with powerfully gripping opening techniques. Additionally, demonstrations may provide an audience with a visually compelling reason to listen as well.

Read through the slides below to get some ideas of ways you can incorporate visual aids in your speech. Use the < and > at the bottom of the slides to navigate through the slides.

Directions: After reading and interacting with the two scenarios in this section, return to the survey to complete a few questions.