Visual aids Remember you are your presentation; visual aids should be used to support what you say.

to explain a point

Reasons for using visual aids:

to help with memory, as pictures are easier to remember than facts or charts

to engage the audience with images and video

to make it easier for the audience to understand

to emphasize a key point

to create interest

to change the pace

to recap or summarize

to spark off ideas

to aid our memory as presenters (instead of, or in addition to, notes)

to signpost the structure/agenda