PR Genome: Seeing is Believing

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Transcript of PR Genome: Seeing is Believing

Today’s Webinar… Introduction

Some Stats

Examples

Take-aways

Q & A

Goodbyes

Who the !#$&@ is Alex Flores?

Me @ 6“So Cute!”

Me @ 40“What Happened!?”

Statistics!

65%The percentage of the population identified as “Visual Learners.”

90%The percentage of information entering the brain visually.

Improvement in learning

when visual aids are used in

the classroom.

400%

13 to 80 millisecondsThe amount of time MIT researchers determined it takes people to recognize

images like “a picnic” or “couple smiling.”

Search: PR Trends for 2015: Focus on Visual Storytelling

Goethe's “Theory of

Colours” first published

in 1810

Conway BR, Wellesley College

(2002) Neural Mechanisms of Color

Vision. Kluwer Academic

Publishers: Boston.

Research by neuroscientist Jerald

Kralik suggests that the human

tendency to be impressed by those

in red may be an adaptation for self-

protection inherited from our primate

ancestors.

ANGRY!

Love.Passion. Desire.

Calm.Tranquil.

And by the way… it’s black and blue.

Receipts

Cash

Customer ServiceBank

Credit Cards

Savings/401k

Security

July 20, 1969

They Get Together Every Year to Remember & Celebrate

Each year Konstantin Pronin, an 86-year old WWII veteran from Belarus, heads to Gorky Park each yea to join his battalion to remember and celebrate their Day of Victory in Moscow.

On Monday May 9th, 2011 Konstantin was the only member of the battalion to show up.

They Get Together Every Year to Remember & Celebrate

Each year Konstantin Pronin, an 86 year old WWII veteran from Belarus, heads to Gorky Park each yea to join his battalion to remember and celebrate their Day of Victory in Moscow.

On Monday May 9th, 2011 Konstantin was the only member of the battalion to show up.

http://www.goldmansachs.com/s/interactive-guide-to-capital-markets/

The majority of people learn and retain information better when it’s presented visually.

Many press releases and PR activities lack an accompanying visual element. There is an opportunity to stand out.

Color choices and the use of color matter.

Visuals can be used for bad and good. Purposefully or accidentally.

A visual element does not have to stand on it’s own. Combining visuals can be effective.

There are many ways to communicate information visually; iconography, strategic and thoughtful images, video, infographics, and presentation stage and set design.

Visual narratives can drive real emotion and tell a richer more meaningful story.

Narrative Image: The How and Why of Visual Storytelling

Semiotics for Beginners

The Power of Visual Storytelling

Pixar's 22 Rules to Phenomenal Storytelling

Presenting Data Webinar

PR Trends for 2015: Focus on Visual Storytelling

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