The Art Of Communication.
The other day, I almost fell asleep during a Powerpoint presentation which was particularly bad news since I was the one making it!
Seriously though, when presentations are generally dull for those of us who are accustomed to them, what hope is there for transmitting detailed information to those not normally in such an audience? As Hugh rightly pointed out in his Hughtrain update, "the future of advertising is internal", so the quest for a common language is increasingly critical.
Now, Kathy Sierra has extolled and continually demonstrated the benefit that graphics bring to communication, but what about transforming the presentation into a single visual like this one created by Delta7?
All those pages of strategic thinking and creative insights distilled into a single A3 picture. An image which visualises the thrust of the thinking for all the people, from shop-floor to boardroom, who need to understand it and who can refresh their comprehension with a single glance to the wall. And not a buzzword or mission statement in sight.
posted by john dodds @ 6:59 AM
4 Comments:
I'm not good enough at this to have a single picture that says it ALL, but my goal is to have enough in my pictures (when I can) so that the actual blog post words are just filling in some extras or explaining my thinking.
For me, the real benefit of using graphics is that it helps cover my weak writing skills ; )
That picture in your post is amazing, John. Thanks.
While I'm here... I keep meaning to say something about your minifesto, too. Another reason I use graphics is because I'm not capable of saying the right things in such a small space. That's a talent you have.
Weak wriitng skills? Yeah right - you're singularly able to captivate and intentionally generate laughter (by your words that is and not your equine escapades!).
Wow!
To have Kathy Sierra comment on your blog, saying that something in your post is amazing and at the same time "confess" about "weak writing skills" is wickedly beyond the blogging nirvana...
Even I won't dare enough to dream that way...
:-)
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