Your visual aids are not your notes. Instead, they should add impact and emphasis to your message, thus increasing what your listeners remember and how long they retain it.

Visual aids can significantly improve your working memory by providing clear and concise information at a glance.

While the students who had any form of visual aid always did better than students in the control group, students with diagrams, on average, outperformed students with only outlines.

Picture This: Using Visual Aids to Inspire Creativity. It’s no coincidence that the word “visionary” denotes having the ability to see well and possessing a gift of creativity.