Use Audiovisuals [1]
Major Types of Audiovisuals
1. Handouts
Advantages
- Easily produced and photocopied.
- Provides supplemental reading - can be taken from
session.
- Allows for more information on complex topics.
- Keeps participant from seeing information until presenter
is ready to distribute.
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Disadvantages
- May distract participants for remainder of your message.
- May never be looked at once your presentation is over.
- Can be expensive.
Tips for Using Handouts
- Keep them simple, easy to read.
- Leave space for notes.
- Pass them out at the time they'll be used (not in advance).
- If tight on time, pass them out as a set and ask people
not to read ahead.
[1] Adapted with permission
from Soil and Water Conservation District Outreach: A Handbook
for Program Development, Implementation and Evaluation . Ohio
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Soil and Water Conservation,
2003.
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