Visual Communication for Nonprofit Organizations

Why Visual Communication?

Simplicity
Engaging (Worth 1000 words)
Learning & Science of Memory
Clear Communication
Emotional
Storytelling

Visual Communication:

Presentations
Graphic design (brochures & web, training materials, and grant writing)
Data visualization
Brainstorming & Mindmapping
Organizing Processes, Ideas, and Concepts

Visual Communication via Presentations:
Its well worth reading Garr Reynolds Presentation Zen blog. He’s a real presentation guru. Here are top ten slide tips by Garr. Here’s Garr speaking at Google on visual thinking and presentations (its 72 minutes).

Great Resources on Visual Communication

Here’s another quick video by Duarte on visual storytelling:

Learning More about Visual Communication:
Here is a great webinar by Nancy Duarte on the issue of visual communication in presentations. I suggest reading either Presentation Zen Design by Garr Reynolds or Slideology by Nancy Duarte. Both are great because they give you several models of great looking slides.

Design Specific Resources

Teach Yourself Graphic Design
Kuler-Free tool for color matching by Adobe
Flickr is a social network for photographers, designers, and artists. (note: thats Flicker without the “E”)
Slideshare.net is a social network for presenters and their presentations.
Colourlovers Fabulous color palettes
I Love Typography (Top typography blog including free typography–aka fonts)