The trick in using notes is to avoid shifting your attention from the audience for too long. Your notes should always be written large enough for you to see without moving your head too much. Visual aids Visual aids help to make a presentation more lively. They can also help the audience to follow your presentation and help you to present information that would be difficult to follow through speech alone. Objects that can be displayed or passed round the audience can also be very effective and often help to relax the audience.
Some speakers give printed handouts to the audience to follow as they speak.
Others prefer to give their handouts at the end of the talk, because they can distract the audience from the presentation. The EPC web has been created by the ITIP team at the English Centre , The University of Hong Kong . Please email comments or questions to the ITIP team.