Offline communication and presentation give a range of possibilities to deliver your ideas in the most efficient way. On the one hand you can’t rely on your personal intonation or appearance, but you can make visitors like your web-site, using some specific techniques.

By visual channels we don’t talk about means for delivering video or a sequence of frames, but the channel of perception. It is the way you get the information. There are 5 main channels that deliver you the data about the world around: visual, tactile, olfaction, audition and taste. There are only 2 of them that can be affected through the web.

The essential fact about the web is that the key role is played by the visual information. As we know, the information theory of visual communication encompasses the following aspects:

1. Image gathering – the capture of the radiance field.

2. Signal coding – encoding of the acquired signal for the further transmission and/or storage.

3. Image restoration – transforming digital representation of the scene into a continuous.

4. Human vision – image systems assessment (information rate that the eye of the observer conveys from the displayed image to the higher levels of the brain).

In the real world more than 75% of the information is received through the visual channel. You can also implement audio effects, nut there are plenty of shortcuts of using sounds online. Actually, it is not recommended.

For example, when making a presentation, we’d rather use slides and video, than just keynotes without any slides. A set of slides is an effective part of a talk, that represents a visual channel complementing the audio channel (spoken words).

Be sure, that visual elements you choose match your words. Visual channel needs to make the same point, but in a different way. The same thing is also relevant for photos – they should tenuously go with the talk. Images not only make your presentation more vivid, but also serve as a source of important information.

Use simple diagrams and info graphics that help to illustrate, and thus better explain, your word through their visual positioning.

As for motion, it’s not uncommon to use animations on slides, but do not overestimate the capabilities of the presentation software. You can practically always use fancy 3D cube rotation animation and flash animation for semantically rich visual channel.

So, use visual effects that are not only eye-candy, but also help communicate the point you are making. Use your voice as the main audio source when making a presentation, but avoid sound on your web-site.

Ok, you choose a killer topic (check). You researched your topic and you confident that you can answer any questions that may be asked (check). You have a bulleted and super organized outline (check). Your Introduction, body and conclusion are perfect (check). You are all set, no!

Having all those is a great start, but you need to make sure people are going to “get” what you are presenting.

Proper use of your voice is crucial. Used properly you can give life to your presentation, stir up emotion, inspire someone, drive home the points that are important about your topic. Ok, how do you it?

Here are the three tips to instantly liven up and presentation…

o Adjust your volume
o Change your pace
o Vary your pitch

Adjusting Your Volume – This is a delicate subject, because if you adjust your volume to high, people will become annoyed. If you go to low, they won’t be able to hear you. If you do it many times, it will lose it effectiveness. So, how is it done properly?

Be natural, you do it all the time in natural conversation. If you need to read something “strong” or have to be forceful varying your volume will make a lasting impression. Generally raising your voice is preferred to lower it.

Change of Pace – Words flow in conversation as our minds formulate into speech, this happens at different frequencies. This is the way a presentation should e given. If a portion of your presentation is exciting (or your excited about it) speak a little faster.

The likewise is true also, if the presentation has a somber aspect, speak a little slower in those parts too.

Don’t prepare the wording too carefully. Notice, I didn’t say not to prepare? Always prepare! What I mean is do not become monotone with the presentation at the same pace all the way through.
Quick Tip: Speaking from a bullet outline will almost solve this issue instantly. Key phases and thoughts will come to mind.

Vary Your Pitch – Excitement and enthusiasm when used in normal conversations are accented by a higher pitch in the person’s voice. Do the same thing in your public speech. The reverse is true with sorrow or anxiety; most people use a lower pitch when expressing these emotions. People have a natural “feeling” (or pitch) with certain emotions.

These are proper to use in public speaking as well. Just don’t speak the words, feel the words. All dynamic speakers project these emotions and you can too with a practice.

These three tips will spice any presentation. Used in the right amount you will bring out the full flavor of your presentation.

Follow my instructions for one moment: I command you to: Sit down! I command you to Standup! If you want to standup you must do it in the present. Your physical power is only in the now. You cannot stand up in the past. You cannot stand up in the future. You can wish you could stand up a month ago. You can wish you could stand up yesterday. You can think about standing up tomorrow. But you can only physically stand up right now. This illustrates the point that you have no power to change anything in the past and you need not worry about the future. What you can do is change your thoughts about what has happened in the past. No one has the power to change your thoughts except for you. You can feel guilty, sad, and angry about past events, but none of those feelings will change your present. If you let those feeling overwhelm you, then they can paralyze your actions. But just as your thoughts can paralyze your actions, your thoughts have the ability to move you forward in the present.

You must decide that you are here now. The successful accomplishment of your dreams and goals requires acknowledging that you are now where you are. Accept that where you are now is ok, at least for now. Obviously you wouldn’t be reading if you didn’t want to change things about your life, but for now accept that you are here now and nothing can change what has gotten you here.

You hate your job
You are overweight
You are in a bad relationship or abusive relationship
You have a handicap.
You have no confidence.
You feel unattractive or unloved.
You are financially broke or are in debt.
You have problems with your children
You have problems with members of your family.
You have no true friends.
You have no job

All of the above can be make you feel overwhelmed, but it is where you are now. If you are a mountain climber, it is important to know that you must firmly place yourself in one place before you can begin to raise yourself to the next step. If you tried to climb while, looking down you will be overtaken with fear, If you try to climb by looking up, you will get overwhelmed with all that is ahead of you. You must only focus on where you currently are in order to move ahead. You don’t want to get stuck on the mountain of life. You will starve, get weak, and fall off. Learn to reach for the next ledge and pull yourself up on inch at a time.

It is OK to be upset or angry with your current situation, but only as a way to create you to make positive changes and change your current situation. You cannot feel sorry for yourself because the rest of the world does not care. The rest of the world has its own problems. Whenever you feel yourself caught up in the emotions of guilt, anger, and self-doubt, say to yourself. “I am here now, now what? “This does not determine where I will go or what I can be” Then pick a course of action to move your forward to the future that you want.