Visual Thinking For Idea Generation and Solutions

Finding

WIIFM

Tool for communication and Problem solving

See Ideas & Possibilities through visuals

Deeper Impact & Understanding for audience

Create Simple images to enhance your

presentations

Overview

Benefits of visuals and visual thinking

How to use it in your programs and talks

Graphic Jam and active session

About Graphic Facilitation

Why would I want to use visuals?

• FACTS

65% of population are visual learners

60,000x faster -Brains processing speed- visuals over text

90% information that comes to the brain is visual

40% of all nerve fibers connected to the brain are linked to the

retina

400% Learning improves by as much as this in classrooms with

visual aids

Source: Visual Teaching alliance Home page

Benefits of using visuals

Speaker’s message more interesting,

Grasp it more easily, and retain it longer

Heighten audience interest,

Shift attention away from the speaker, and give the

speaker greater confidence in the presentation as

a whole.

Survey Questions

Who’s used a drawing to communicate an idea?

Who’s ever experienced “death by powerpoint”?

Barriers?

“Im not

creative”

I can’t draw”

I’m not a

visual

Person

Empty your box of excuses You can draw....

You were a kid once!

When & How to use Visuals

Introduce topics

Problem / Solution

Metaphor

How to / Step by step

Bullets / banners

Summaries

Metaphors

• Do the colors on my visual aids work well

together?

• Is there a clear contrast between the lettering and

background

• Do I limit charts to no more than eight items?

• Do I use fonts that are easy to read?

• Do I use a limited number of fonts?

Thank You!

Enjoy your visual

journey!