The document discusses the importance of using visuals to supplement written and verbal communication. While humans rely heavily on words, vision is our strongest sense. Photos can evoke emotion and convey information without words. Visual aids like graphs, infographics, timelines and diagrams help explain complex topics and show progress over time. The document encourages going beyond words alone and using visual elements to enhance understanding and engagement for audiences.

1. For Your Leadership Toolkit
Kathleen A. Paris, Ph.D., Kathleen Paris, LLC

2. FACT:
Humans have
more
neurological
apparatus
for vision
than for any
other sense. Retinal Foliage: Retinal Ganglion Cell
National Eye Institute
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaleyeinstitute/24216554608/

3. Yet we rely so heavily on words alone…
Report on the Future of Something
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4. Load Your Slide Deck with Photographs!
Photos evoke an emotional response, essential for
engagement. You don’t need words to know this was
about workplace stress.

5. Use Visuals to Show Progress
Service Learning and Community-Based Research
http://www.chancellor.wisc.edu/strategicplan.old/graphs06/serv-learning.html

6. From Roberta Faulhaber, RF Visual Consultants, Paris, France
Graphic Facilitation: Refugee Migration

7. Infographics

8. Timeline
History of Higher Education
Source: Tim Swenson, Edgewood College, 2016

9. http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

10. If you want people to understand
what you are saying, go beyond
words with visuals!

11. Kathleen A. Paris, Ph.D.
Consultant & Managing Partner
Kathleen Paris, LLC
kathleen@kathleenparis.com