Visual Aids to Energize Your Meetings

Teamwork & CooperationCommunication & FeedbackAll employees≈ 15 min

Key skill: Meeting facilitation

Summary

Put visuals to work in your meetings: clean slideshows, sketching, and collaborative tools to boost memory, hold attention, avoid information overload, and make it easier to build ideas together as a group.

Target audience

Anyone who leads or takes part in meetings.

Learning objectives

Use visual aids (physical or virtual) to improve participants' memory and attention.
Avoid cognitive overload by selecting only the relevant information.
Create an effective, lean slideshow using striking images and key words.
Engage both hemispheres of the brain to bring out participants' full potential.

Module outline

ArticlesVirtual visual aids · Visual Management
Expert videoThe importance of visuals in meetings, the risks of cognitive overload, and building ideas together visually
AnchoringQuiz and True/False questions to dive deeper into the topic and cement what you've learned
Memo cardDownloadable coaching memo card: the key points from the expert video
CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment

Models & methods

Image-based slideshows (one image, a few key words); doodling and graphic facilitation; mind-mapping; visual management.

Research-based

83% sight, 11% hearing, 6% other senses; John Medina's 12 brain rules; examples from Steve Jobs and TED.