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Giving Presentations & Conducting Workshops
- If you are producing presentations that have handouts, the handouts need to be available in alternative formats. Provide paper versions of overheads and powerpoint slides. Digital copies should be available as well.
- If you are doing a PowerPoint presentation you should be prepared to describe images on the screen if there are people with visual impairments.
- If you or your speaker has a soft voice you may consider using a microphone or if you do frequent presentations in your facility provide Assistive Listening Devices
for individuals who are hard of hearing. - Have a clear schedule of the workshop always available and clearly indicate when ending one section and moving on to the next.
- Tape each large-format flip chart paper (or use self-stick) to wall when completed before starting a new page.
- Some people may need to tape record what workshop leaders say. The workshop leaders should indicate when it is safe to tape and when is not (because of confidentiality issues among participants speaking up).
