COM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Bar Chart
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Allows listeners to fully comprehend the point you are trying to get across. Written language: tables, bulleted lists, labels. Lists: sequence order of steps, priority most important to least important, membership related. Diagrams: shows relationships between abstract ideas. Contrast: vary the size of visual elements. Alignment: every element aligns with another on the screen. If two or more items are related, group them together. Rehearse so you feel comfortable with it. Set it up in a well-lit/visible area. Make sure others can see while you explain it. Be prepared to recover if it does not work properly. Effective: gives life to words, shows desire to communicate with, not at, the audience. Ineffective: has the potential to make the words meaningless. Impromptu: little or no time to prepare your remarks. Manuscript: the speech must be precise and therefore is written and read word for word. Memorized: brief message in which you memorize all the parts of the speech.
