Excellent visual from Ralph Lengler and Martin J Eppler. 

Effective visual communication aids in alignment, analysis, shared understanding, prioritization, decision quality and other critical organizational capabilities.

This powerful and practical visual from the folks at visual-literacy.org describes 100 visual communication tools in a single chart patterned after the familiar Periodic Table of Elements.

Each element is coded with colors and symbols to communicate the tool’s type and purpose.  Mouse over the element for an example of the visual tool.

If you influence, drive consensus, decide, develop strategy, plan, analyze or inform, do yourself a favor and go to:

www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html.

-Donny