Question

Mathew, a senior marketing manager, is preparing a presentation for the board of directors of his company. The presentation depicts the pattern of sales for the company's top products in different geographical areas. Mathew uses graphs, charts, and tables to present the data. However, the evening before the presentation, he hears that the board of directors considers visuals and data displays a waste of time. In this scenario, which of the following should Mathew do in order to ensure that his presentation is well-received?

		He should go ahead with the visuals he has, because a presentation should have very little text and lots of visuals.
		He should not use any of the visuals, because visuals are only used in rough drafts.
		He should not use any of the visuals, since the audience does not appreciate them.
		He should replace all the visuals with paragraphs of text, because visuals make a presentation difficult to understand.
		He should use only the important and necessary visuals, because his purpose and the information call for them.

Answer 1

Question

It has been provided that Mathew is developing graphs, charts and tables to depict the pattern of sales in his presentation with respect to different geographical areas.

So, visual inputs are required in the presentation of Mathew.

However, board of directors do not like visual inputs.

To solve this, Mathew should keep the visual inputs at basic minimum to convey some information that necessarily require them and go with text as regards the rest of the information.

Hence, the correct answer is the option (5) [He should use only the important and necessary visuals, because his purpose and the information call for them].