Digital Slides

The topic I would like to discuss from the reading this week is the “do’s and don’ts of digital slides”. I chose this topic because it directly relates to the speech we will be giving next week. According to our book, when you use digital slides well audiences pay better attention to the speaker, understand all of your main points better, and hold onto the information you give them better. The first thing you need to do is consider how you are going to support the oral information you will be giving with slides. You should not focus too much on your slides and ignore the oral part of your presentation. Next, you need to not over-do your digital slides. You should not have too many because it can be overwhelming to the audience. Last, you must remember to “balance creativity with clarity and predictability with spontaneity”. It’s a fine line between each of these that you have to be careful with. You want your slides to be attractive, but you don’t want that to take away from the information you are trying to present. Too much can be distracting.