Designing visuals

How do you design visuals for your writing or presentation?These simple steps will show you how to complete a great design anyone would love.

How listeners absorb information

• 25%-50% of information is absorbed through visuals.
• an audience listens only half of the time during a presentation.
• People learn a lot of more by reading versus only listening.

How to make visuals to help absorb the information

• Organize your information into a structure.
• Provide a map of information you are going to talk about and follow it so your listeners do not get lost.
• Illustrate your information, make graphs, make a painting, anything that will allow your listeners to obtain your information that you are sharing.
• Do not forget that your listeners are only truly "listening" half of the time so be sure to repeat your self and the information so you get your information across.

How you should create your visuals

• Simplicity- Make sure your visuals are simple and not full of clutter
• Make sure that your visuals are visual. The font should be a nice size not to big not to small. Make sure you data does not exceed the screen that you are presenting on.
• Focus one item per visual.
• Use color to get your visual across
• Add tone to your presentation. Make your voice herd through the words on the visual.

Now that you know how to create visuals for your presentations get out there and impress your boss, professors or family with your amazing new skill

"Designing Presentation Visuals". Media Services, Robert A. L. Mortvedt Library Pacific Lutheran University. 3/30/2009 .