The specialist makes a presentation

Adding appropriate visual aids to technical verbalizations typically increases the listeners´ retention severalfold. In preparing visual aids, highlight just the key information, show relationships, avoid clutter, and aim for “artist´s rough” rather than art quality. Characteristics of several ways of presenting data visually are discussed. For effective meetings, presenters should also provide background and orientation to give participants a common starting point and then should not present more information than the particular audience needs to know.