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I found the chapter helpful with different types of presentation media. It tells you that you can use transparencies, flip charts, white boards, chalk boards, handouts, videos, models and power points. Each of these has benefits as well as being detrimental to your speech. Chalk boards? Who uses those these days? Most schools have white boards and even the electric boards now. Using technology can help your speech but it can also be detrimental. If you were to use a white board, you could improvise while writing on the board but also take time away from speaking and ending eye contact with the audience. Handouts may be effective but I would rather use some slides or power point because hand outs take away from my speech. The audience would be looking at the hand out instead of me. Breaking eye contact would disengage them from the speech. Out of all the forms of media, I will use power point because I am most comfortable with it. I can clearly put together slides that will help enhance the points in my speech. I might use a video or two, but will first have to figure out how to do so.
All of this can be helpful but it also needs to be smoothly implemented into the speech. The speech needs to flow with all of you media and visual aids to prevent any distractions.