Impress Your Audience with a Whiteboard Presentation

A whiteboard is a type of writing board with a glossy surface that allows you to make non-permanent markings. Unlike regular chalkboards, it doesn't produce any dust and the markings last longer.

Whiteboards have been a staple of classrooms and boardrooms since the 1970s and have seen many improvements in affordability and design over the years, increasing interactivity during presentations.

Whiteboards, both Traditional and Electronic, are Useful Tools

Classic Whiteboards: Classic whiteboards are firmly mounted to a wall, or come with detachable frames. Contrary to prefabricated flip chart paper slips, whiteboards cannot be transferred quickly from one place to another. Nevertheless, they are generally larger and can be utilized for jotting down the results of small group activities or unforeseen facts that emerge from a conversation. Classic whiteboards may cost between $100 and up to $1,000. Utilizing a classic whiteboard necessitates purchasing wet-erase or dry erase markers, an eraser designed specifically for whiteboard surfaces, and a cleaning solvent designed for whiteboard surfaces.

Electronic Whiteboards: A digital whiteboard appears like a traditional whiteboard, however is an exclusive blend of software and hardware. The surface is joined to a PC and projector. A projection system luminesces the computer's screen onto the board's area, where users govern the computer using a pen, finger, or any other tool. Utilizations include:

• Using any software that is installed on the connected computer, such as web browsers and specialized programs.
• Capturing text or markings written on a whiteboard digitally via software.
• Converting handwritten cursive into text.
• Operating the computer.

Digital whiteboards provide the capability to store, print, or share their contents online with people around the world. These boards tend to be quite expensive, with some costing over a thousand dollars.

Utilizing Color Correctly

Whiteboards tend to produce more vivid colors than flip charts; other than that, most of the same rules still apply.

• Blue, black, and green are the most visible colors, with blue being the most visually appealing.
• It's best to steer clear of purple, brown, pink, and yellow when printing.
• Two- or three-tone color palettes are effective; however, orange should exclusively be used as an accent with red. Yellow should never be employed and, when possible, refrain from combining orange and blue.

Creating a Backup Plan

Traditional whiteboards require extra markers as they dry out quickly when in use.

If your presentation lasts for more than a day, be sure to copy your work from the computer onto a USB drive in case it gets deleted overnight.

If you're working with a digital whiteboard and experience technical problems, you can display an existing PowerPoint presentation using a projector. It's wise to bring a few copies of the handouts for people to copy. Alternatively, you could quickly jot down key points on a flip chart.

For optimal success, important information should be supplied both as a whiteboard presentation and in handouts or on flipchart pages.