Visual Aids for oral reports

1. Keep them simple.

2. Do not cram too much on one sheet.

3. Make them large and dark enough to see them.

4. If you use more than one sheet, number the
sheets.

5. Label your figures and tables. Cite sources.

6. Summarize the important points in the graphic.

– Explain what the visual aid means.

7. Use visual aids to emphasize data, to emphasize
main points.

–Do not place large amounts of text on the screen.

–Do not plan to read the oral report from the text
on the screen.

8. If you use PowerPoint, use bullets and lists

–Do not put large amounts of text on the screen.

–Bad example:
The Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis Canadensis) population in the Big Creek drainage of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Central Idaho experienced a sudden and dramatic population decline from 1988 to 1990 as a result of a Pasteurella spp. related die-off. Extensive monitoring of the population during that period provided information on lamb production and survival during the die-off phase of a Pasturella die-off. After ten years of minimal monitoring a lamb production, a survival survey was conducted on the Big Creek population during the summer of 2001. The results of this survey established the average number of lambs:100 ewes for three different lambing areas across three different time periods. These were compared to similar data collected during the summers of 1989 and 1990. Chi-square analysis of the data showed significant differences between total die-off and 2001 ratios (p <.001) but not between lambing areas in each of the die-off and 2001 periods (p >1, p >1, respectively). Results show a high survival ratio through the beginning of August 2001(avg. 86:100) compared with a significantly lower ratio in August 1989 (avg. 19:100) and August 1990 (avg. 12:100). This suggests that the 2001 Big Creek bighorn sheep population is not experiencing late-summer Pasteurella mortality. Rather, mortality is occurring at a different time of the year and continued monitoring is needed to make an accurate determination of the time period and cause.