Overcoming Technical
Difficulties
Problem: Audio-visual equipment fails to work at time of
presentation
Context: Any time audio-visual technology is needed during a
presentation
Forces: * Presenter needs to communicate the information they have
gathered
*
The
visual aids that will enhance the presentation are not available or fails
to
work
at time of the
*
The
audience needs visual aids to better comprehend the
information.
Solution: Presenter should:
* Request two types of audio-visual support
* Save
information on two different disks
* Save
information in two formats (Mac and PC)
* Have
slides or transparencies as a backup
Consequences: The drawback to these solutions is that they may incur
additional
costs
and will
require
more time for preparation. Also,
these
alternative
means of
presentation may not suit the needs of the presenter as well as
the original
audio-visual equipment.
Rationale: These efforts will provide alternative ways to present the
information, and
will help the
presenter to
proceed with their presentation despite unforeseen
technical
difficulties.
Known
uses: At the time of a presentation, I could not use the needed
audio-visual
equipment because the file had been saved in Mac
format but the
equipment used PC format. As a result, my presentation suffered.