Communicate with Confidence/Project Report

              Overheads
Overhead transparencies are versatile, accessible
to most people and easy to produce. They project a
large, brilliant picture. Transparencies can visually
present concepts, processes, facts, outlines and sum­maries
to an audience of any size. Like any other
instructional medium, they call for systematic planning
and preparation.
Features
• speaker maintains eye contact with audience
• suitable for use in a lighted room
• good for any size of audience
• many ways to use them
• allow for color
• allow for flexibility during the presentation ( you can
can omit part at any time)
Limitations
• setting screen properly takes time
• projector fan may be noisy for people sitting near
• needs electricity
Production materials
Many new transparency materials are now on the
market to let you create exciting and effective over­heads.
New " write o n " transparencies allow you to use
brilliant color. Other new products are opaque except
when you use a special marker; this eliminates the
screen glare you get with clear transparencies.
Transparencies
1. Plain paper copier
There are many types of transparency film that
will produce transparencies by using your office
paper copier. Check with your 3M distributor or the
Alberta Government Office Supply catalogue.
2. Thermo fax or infra red copiers
There are several transparency films available
that produce a variety of transparencies. They in­clude:
° Black image on clear background
— order 3M type 574
0 Black image on light blue background
— order 3M type 134
0 Black image on a clear or color background
— order 3M type 174
0 Color image on clear background
— order 3M type 888
° Yellow on blue, green, purple, or red
— order 3M type 210
° Clear image on black, red. or blue background
— order 3M type 520 reverse image film
° Retrophane - opaque film that gives clear on black
image
— see below for supplier
° Write on film
— 3M write- on film — use a special yellow pen
that comes with the film which gives you a bright
yellow image on a blue background
— retrophane — a film which is opaque. Use
special brilliant color markers to make colorful write-on
transparencies.
— creativcolor — blue transparency you can
write on using a variety of creativcolor markers.
Retrophane and Creativcolor material available
from:
Resources for Organization Ltd.
6440 Flying Cloud Drive, Suite 120
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
U. S. A.
( 612) 829- 1954
Markers and L e t t e r i ng
grease pencils: projects black, easy to use. doesn't
make a fine line, may smear; erase with a dry cloth.
markers: may be permanent or non- permanent, quick
and easy, can produce thin to bold lines, variety of
colors available, may dry out from heat of projector
during presentation.
d r y t r a n s f e r letters: available in a variety of sizes and
type styles, time consuming; remove mistakes with
masking tape.
l e t t e r i n g templates: uniform lettering size, variety of
template sizes, time consuming.
l e t t e r i n g machines: Kroy. 3M and Gestetner all make
lettering machines capable of producing letters of var­ious
sizes and type styles. Words are spelled out on
clear adhesive tape, then placed on plain paper and run
through a copier; cost $ 800.00 to $ 1000.00.
c o l o r adhesive tape: translucent adhesive celluloid in
several colors; place on clear transparency and cut to
size and shape with exacto knife: good for adding color
to charts and graphs: variety of colors, widths and patt­erns;
pressure- sensitive.
Frames
Frame overhead transparencies to prevent the
bright projection light from shining on the screen at the
perimeter. Cardboard frames are popular. Tape the