While visual interest is essential, however, visuals should not be allowed to dominate or control a presentation. They should enhance, not overshadow, the message. You are your message. While some speakers believe that what they say is all that counts, it's not true. Speaking that achieves audience credibility is an expression of a creative and thoughtful mind that holds the listener in high regard.
Good speakers are willing to share themselves as well as their ideas.
When this happens, the presentation takes on a legitimacy, something that's often missing. Good speaking isn't contrived. The words aren't copied from a bevy of books, and the text isn't sprinkled with quotations that are meant to impress but don't quite fit. When a presentation springs from experience and a desire to communicate, the audience finds itself on the side of the speaker. The goal is action.