Tip 82: Draw a diagram
Drawing a diagram in real-time during your presentation is a relatively underused but remarkably effective way of engaging with your audience and getting your point across. In effect, you start with a blank canvas and graphically construct your argument in front of your audience’s very eyes.
You already know that "a picture is worth a thousand words"... but you can reveal an entirely new dimension of information about inter-relationships, sequences, priorities and dependencies, if you can deconstruct that thousand-word picture and show your audience how to put it back together again. It is a very powerful way to interact with your audience.
You can draw a diagram in several ways. Traditionally, you can draw your diagram on a blackboard, whiteboard or flip-chart. Alternatively you can sequentially build a slide presentation, adding elements to the diagram in successive slides.
See also: Tip 142: Use object builds
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