Traci highlights some important points from chapters 17 and 18. She explained that she doesn’t enjoy public speaking and often gets nervous. I liked my public speaking class and although I was nervous, I definitely improved my skills. Visual aids do need to be short and to the point. People often try to use their aid to talk for them which can ruin a speech. Also, if the visual aid is unclear or doesn’t truly represent your topic you can confuse people. It is a good idea to keep the speech short and structured to make sure you don’t get lost when delivering and to help your audience follow you. As the chapter said, always keep your audience in mind.
The web can be used to communicate with a target audience. Always, again, keep your viewer/audience in mind. It is easy to leave a web page so it is important to catch your readers’ interest quickly. The text must be interesting and well written. Like Traci, I never considered tailoring a web page to the disabled. On the other hand, I have never designed a web page.
