Archive for December, 2007

Podcast #3: Graphic Recording & Facilitation

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Here is our 3rd in an ongoing series of podcasts on visual thinking.  This week's topic was graphic recording and faciliation with industry veterans Eileen Clegg and Christine Valenza.  During the example-filled call, we use their 5 R's (Relationships, Resonance, Rest, Reflection, and Relevance) as a framework to discussion how graphic ...

What is Visual Thinking?

Monday, December 24th, 2007

In the about section of The Next Meeting blog, written by Thomas Sechehaye, it says: "Communication is not a meassage sent - it is a message received. Making meeting engaging with visual process patterns reduces time and head ache, teams make faster decisions. And you can focus on what is important...being productive."  In the last ...

Webinar #1 Recording Posted

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Subject: How is Visual Thinking Related to eLearning Speakers: Tony Karrer (TechEmpower) and Dave Gray (Xplane) Length: 59:33 On Thursday, December 20th, we continued a conversation in a live webinar that started in the blogosphere in a live conversation between Dave Gray & Tony Karrer.  Here are links to some of the original posts ...

Visualizing Change: Creating the Future One Vision at a Time with David Sibbet

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Title:   Visualizing Change: Creating the Future One Vision at a Time Special Guest: David Sibbet Date:  Friday, January 4, 2008 Time:  8:00am PT, 11:00am ET, 4:00pm GMT Description:  See and hear one of the pioneers of graphic facilitation share the secrets of his successful, worldwide consulting and design practice. How did National Semiconductor get 95% vision recognition ...

Podcast #2 - TechSmith with Tony Dunckel

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

This is the second in our ongoing series of podcasts from leading people and companies in the visual thinking space.  The interview is with Tony Dunckel, Product Manager of SnagIt and Jing. Duration: 28 minutes, 54 seconds Topics Covered: How did TechSmith get started? How has SnagIt evolved? How does Camtasia compare to SnagIt? How does SnagIt ...

Free Webinar this Thursday - How is Visual Thinking Related to eLearning

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Almost 70 people have already registered for our FREE webinar on the relationship between Visual Thinking and eLearning.  It promises to be a robust and interesting discussion as Tony Karrer explores how visual thinking can be used in eLearning with Dave Gray.  More details and links can be found in ...

Podcast #1 - Idea Mapping with Jamie Nast & Susi Watson

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Today we did our first VizThink podcast.  The topic was Idea Mapping, and we were honored to have idea mapping experts Jamie Nast, author of the book Idea Mapping, and Susi Watson, Creative Director at For Balance.  Duration: 32 minutes, 10 seconds Topics Covered: What is idea mapping? How does idea mapping compare and ...

Over 200 People Registered, Hotel Discount Ends in 17 Days

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Over 200 of your colleagues are registered for VizThink '08.  Over of half of our 30 breakout sessions are unique hands on opportunities to learn new techniques and work with some of the best in visual thinking.  Have you registered yet?  Be sure to register now (http://www.vizthink.com/registration.html) to reserve your space at this ...

How is Visual Thinking Related to eLearning?

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

As one of the many services to the community, we're starting a series of free podcasts and webinars.  Upcoming podcasts in the next week include Jamie Nast & Susi Watson on idea mapping and TechSmith on their history and upcoming releases.  These are the first of many we have planned. We're ...

Why Come to VizThink ‘08?

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Does your boss want to know why you should come to VizThink '08?  Are you wondering that yourself?  Well, we're practicing what we preach and have put together this visual explanation of a few of the problems we're going to help you solve, how we're going to do it, and what you'll ...

VizThink ‘08 Schedule Released

Monday, December 10th, 2007

The draft breakout schedule for VizThink '08 has just been released.  You can check it out including dates, times, session descriptions, facilitator bios, and how the session will be run.  In the next week, we'll be adding indicators for "tracks" or "categories" to make your search for the right session ...

Resources: Getting Started

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Tony Karrer, in his blog post on Visual Thinking, asked what he should do to get started with visual thinking.  When we launch the new community site in February, we'll start a much more comprehensive list, but for now here a few of key pieces to get started: Visual Language: Global Communication ...

Join the Conversation

Monday, December 10th, 2007

There's a great conversation going on over at Tony Karrer's e-Learning Technology blog.  Dave Gray and Christine Martell, two of our facilitators for VizThink '08, have already responded and Christine's actually started a series of posts.  Among other things, Tony asks (heavily paraphrased): How does visual thinking have an impact on ...