value of visual
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The Value of Visual
Volunteering in a Digital Age ConferenceBreak-Out session
September 2012
Outreach Officers, Communities 2.0 at the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling,
University of Glamorgan
Communication is about words, right?
Visual Communication is communication through visual aid, and is described as the conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon
Visual CommunicationIt’s nothing new, it’s just not niche anymore…
Photography, typography, illustration, animation, infographics, moving image,
Why does it matter?
We’re in the ‘Information Age’.
Think about how you behave online – “Look around feverishly for anything that is interesting or vaguely resembles what you are looking for, and is clickable” Steve Krug
Why does it matter?
When viewing a website, it takes users less than two tenths of a second to form a first impression
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120216094726.htm
Breakout activities
Participatory media means that photography, animation, film-making etc. need now only cost us time and ideas
Involve your volunteers / service users in making of your content, and watch it spread!