Creating a Visually-Friendly Presentation
As part of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Team for your organization, you have been asked to prepare a presentation for your coworkers on the influence of cultural diversity in the workplace.
Too often, in the workplace, we received the canned presentations and often taking an organizational perspective and not looking at things from the employee’s perspective. I encourage you to outline your assignment (as a tool, no need to submit) to help organize your points and guide your research. In weeks 1-3, we have covered a number of areas you may want to include. I encourage you to be creative in your approach, providing that perspective which will hold your audience attention and – at the end – are convinced this is something they need to take to heart. Some of the other points, besides what we addressed in our discussions, you might include:
A meaningful understanding of cultural diversity
Key attributes of the cultural diversity within the workplace that can be easily observed.
Challenges associated managing and understanding a culturally diverse workplace. You might consider sharing how you would manage your own values of the diversity and culture of others within the workplace.
When you hear the number 285 million people – that is no small number. What this number represents is the number of people who are visually impaired in this world, some are corrected but others have left their vision uncorrected. If someone is not wearing corrective lenses does not mean they are not experiencing challenges with their eyesight. All of us can name at least one person who does not want to wear corrective lenses or needs to.
Some of the common visual impairments include low vision, color blindness, and dyslexia. Objects may be out of focus. For others colors may skew what they viewing, and inhibit them from distinguishing letters, colors, and objectives. Some of the colors that are difficult for some individuals to distinguish are red, green, yellow, and blue.
There are a few things you can do to make your design visually-friendly:
Choose a legible font. This include Sans Serif, Helvetica, Arial, and Verdana
Control brightness and contrast. As many of you have already heard me say – light background and use a dark text.
Limit animations and effect. Do not use spinning or wavy slide transitions.
Stay away from dark backgrounds and slide designs.
Here are some helpful links for you to develop visually-friendly presentations:
