--- title: "Monday Buzz: Cutting Through Complexity With Cartoons" id: "26758" type: "post" slug: "monday-buzz-cutting-through-complexity-with-cartoons" published_at: "2015-01-12T19:17:22+00:00" modified_at: "2026-03-16T13:20:05+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2015/01/12/monday-buzz-cutting-through-complexity-with-cartoons/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2015/01/12/monday-buzz-cutting-through-complexity-with-cartoons.md" excerpt: "Struggling to convey a complex message? It may be worth considering a more artistic approach. Plus: A low-tech way to experience virtual reality." taxonomy_category: - "Marketing / Communications" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "B2B media" - "Communications" - "Membership" - "visual content" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Association CEO / Executive Director" - "C-Level" - "Executive Team" taxonomy_persona: - "Association Professionals" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Monday Buzz: Cutting Through Complexity With Cartoons Sometimes, despite your best intentions, your efforts to convey your association’s message fall short. Is there another way to inform audiences about complex issues like your association’s stance on a piece of legislation or preparations for an upcoming event? [Video has become a wildly popular tool in recent years](http://associationsnow.com/2014/05/online-video-keeps-growing-says-marketing-report/) , and [we’ve previously covered](http://associationsnow.com/2015/01/social-media-roundup-three-hs-youtube/) some ways that [associations can make the most of its potential](http://associationsnow.com/2014/04/association-provides-google-eyed-view-tradeshow/) . And today, we’re reminded of another way to spread your message, [thanks to this post on SocialTimes (opens in a new tab)](http://socialtimes.com/add-fun-humor-digital-content-using-cartoons-infographic_b209197) presenting an infographic from internet hosting firm WhoIsHostingThis. Of course, cartoons don’t fit every occasion, but when done correctly, they can make any story significantly more digestible than a lengthy blog post on your association’s site. [Check out the full infographic over at WhoIsHostingThis’ infographic blog (opens in a new tab)](http://www.whoishostingthis.com/blog/2014/08/04/cartoons-marketing/) . ### Tech of the Day With virtual reality’s success stuck between niche adoration and mainstream popularity, could a something as simple as a cardboard shell for a phone be what brings VR to the general public? *Fast Company* writer Jared Newman [explores the potential of Google Cardboard here (opens in a new tab)](http://www.fastcompany.com/3040366/app-economy/google-cardboard-is-the-right-virtual-reality-gadget-for-right-now-but-whats-nex) . ### Other Good Reads **The buzz from the Ice Bucket Challenge** has cooled off, but the ALS Association is still enjoying campaign success. *C**hronicle of Philanthropy* reporter Megan O’Neil [looks into how the organization broke new ground with its end-of-the-year (opens in a new tab)](http://philanthropy.com/article/At-ALS-Association/151085/) [fundraising (opens in a new tab)](http://philanthropy.com/article/At-ALS-Association/151085/) . **“Small habits get you in the backdoor of behavior change,”** [Forbes contributor David DiSalvo writes in a post (opens in a new tab)](http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2015/01/12/kill-your-resolutions-and-replace-them-with-one-little-thing/) explaining why you may want to consider ditching your bold New Year’s resolution and making a slight shift instead. ***SocialFish* has declared 2015** to be “The Year of Brand Publishing”—[find out why (opens in a new tab)](http://www.socialfish.org/2015/01/2015-year-brand-publishing/) . (WhoIsHostingThis.com) [Morgan Little](https://associationsnow.com/author/morgan-little/) Morgan Little is a contributor to Associations Now. 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