Infographics have become much more popular in recent years. They are supposed to be a quick way to share information in word and pictures. FEMA developed the one below and South Carolina is using it in their state as part of the recovery effort. If you eliminate the words, can you follow the information being conveyed?
As we become a more diverse nation, these types of tools will become more important as our citizenry perhaps doesn't have the same language skills as before. The pictures and graphs become much more important. If you take up the challenge, think "caveman" infographic. Theirs were only pictures, but they told a story.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
