Archive for June, 2008

Call for Berlin Sessions - Last Days

Friday, June 27th, 2008

There are only 3 days left on our call for sessions for VizThink Europe '08 in Berlin on 12 October - 14 October.  We're looking for the best of the best facilitators for our event.  Do you have something to share?  Be sure to get your idea in now.  Our facilitators get ...

The Story of VizThink

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

As you may have noticed in our earlier post today, June 25th is VizThink's one-year anniversary. One of the questions we get most often is, "How did VizThink get started?". So, we thought this might be a good time to re-tell that story: The story begins quite a while before June ...

Anniversary Celebration!

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Today, June 25, 2008, is VizThink's official one-year anniversary!  So, we thought we would use today to share a little bit more about us.  One of the things many of you may not know about VizThink is that we're a completely virtual company.  While the business address is in Portland, ...

Mind Mapping Webinar with Jamie Nast & Chuck Frey on July 22

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Mark your calendars to join us on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 for another VizThink webinar. Join Jamie Nast and Chuck Frey as we talk about mind mapping.  Jamie is a mind mapping expert who teaches a variety of related classes, plus is the author of the very successful book, Idea Mapping Success.  Chuck is the author ...

[Workshop] Visual Communication with Dave Gray - July 25, 2008 in Toronto

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

We're pleased to announce that on July 25, 2008, Dave Gray - visual communication guru and founder of XPLANE - is coming back Toronto, as part of VizThink's ongoing series of workshops. During this workshop Dave will show you how to visualize your ideas so you can think and communicate with ...

Podcast #14: Collaborative Knowledge Visualization with Martin Eppler

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Earlier this week, we had the opportunity to sit down with Martin Eppler, Professor of Information and Communication Management at the University of Lugano in Switzerland.  He has written eight books, mostly on knowledge communication, management, and visualization. His latest book is Ways of Knowing.  You can learn more about his university work ...

Mind Mapping: Share your unique uses of the technique and you could win!

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Thanks again to everyone who contributed to last month's question on PowerPoint & Presentations - to see the responses & find out who won visit our post here - This month we're turning our sights on the technique of Mind Mapping. Question of the Month Mind Mapping at it's core is a ...

Webinar: Creating Powerful Presentations with Nancy Duarte

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Wow. What a session. In our largest webinar to date, Nancy Duarte, principal of Duarte Design and one of the guru's behind Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth presentation , took over 135 people through her advice & thoughts on how to create powerful presentations. Miss it? You're in luck! We've packaged it ...

A Powerful Tool Poorly Used…

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

... seems to be the verdict. Last month we asked the community "PowerPoint: A powerful tool poorly used or a poor tool overused?". We got a great set of responses and several people even took the time to craft some great posts on the topic for their own blogs. Blog Posts: For Successful ...

Next VizThink Austin Meeting Scheduled

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

We're happy to announce the second VizThink Austin meeting!  This session will explore a technique on spontaneous group learning and generate ideas around how to apply this learning in your lives the next day. And yes, the learning is centered on the application of visual thinking principles. The event is capped at ...

Nancy Duarte Webinar Reminder

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

UPDATE: The webinar was a fantastic success and has been published for viewing on our blog here. Our webinar with presentation guru Nancy Duarte is one week from today on Tuesday, June 17th. You may know Nancy from her work on the presentation for Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth. This ...

New Website Design

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

You may have already noticed that our website (http://www.vizthink.com) has been redesigned.   Along with a pretty significant redesign, there is some new content.  Over the next 3 weeks, there will be quite a bit more new content as well including webinars, podcasts, events, and articles. While the new design and content ...

Karl Gude’s 5 Quick Tips

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Karl Gude is back in a new, 2-minute video answering the question: What Five Things Would you Tell a Journalist to Look for to Assist in Illustrating a Story? His response? Statistics Location Timeline Structure (flow, organization) Photographs Take a look at his video to get more details: What I find interesting is that his five things line up ...

Interview with ASTD Cascadia

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Last week, I was interviewed for a podcast by Aaron Munter and Christine Martell from ASTD's Cascadia chapter. For those who aren't familiar, ASTD (or the American Society for Training and Development) is a global organization for training and learning. They have many regional chapters and this one happens to be the ...

Webinar with Nancy Duarte on June 17th

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

UPDATE: The webinar was a fantastic success and has been published for viewing on our blog here. Mark your calendars to join us on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 for another VizThink webinar. Join Nancy Duarte, presentation guru and designer of the presentation for Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth, as we discuss ...