Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Do you have business idea? Have you wondered how to start a business? Would you like to take your current independent or small business to the next level? On Sunday 12 October, Rodolfo Carpintier, President of Digital Assets Deployment, will be hosting a pre-conference workshop at VizThink Europe '08. During the session, ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Last week, Jamie Nast and Chuck Frey sat down with VizThink CEO Tom Crawford and over 150 fellow visual thinkers to discuss the topic of idea mapping / mind mapping, the ideas behind it and the technologies that enable people to make use of mind mapping in a wide (and ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
You've heard me say that I'm excited to have various facilitators and topics at events, and it's all true. One consistent piece of feedback we get from our attendees is that all of the content is so good that they have a hard time choosing. We have that same problem. The content for ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
People have said that human's are good, even great, pattern matchers. So much so, that we often find patterns where they don't exist (such as messages in the static on TV, Elvis on a potato chip). Yet sometimes, people discover or at least make clear patterns that were always present, but not ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Early registration is now open for VizThink '09 in San Jose. The early registration fee of $995 is good through November 30th. In addition, those who attended VizThink '08 in San Francisco should be watching their mail for a discount code worth $100 of the attendee fee at the time ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
We've had lots of recent announcements about great facilitators for VizThink Europe. They are certainly one part of the equation. We are also excited about our sponsors. One of the first to sign up was London-based Cognac. After they attended VizThink '08 in San Francisco, I ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
For those who've been following the Story of VizThink, you know that we've been blessed along the way with support and involvement from a variety of leaders in the field. However, there's probably no one that's been more supportive than Rodolfo Carpintier from Madrid, Spain. While VizThink's only financial investor, ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
We're happy to announce Dave Gray's involvement once again with VizThink. As many of you know from the Story of VizThink, Dave was instrumental in getting the idea of VizThink off the ground. Much of our success is due to his ongoing support, and today's announcements are a great representation ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
What role does realism play in visualization and simulations? When is realism important and when is it not? How does the selection of media impact learning and communication outcomes? How and when do you use mixed media? What determines those choices? Discussions on these and many other topics are just some ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
While we're excited to have all of our facilitators, it is especially gratifying to have community members involved. We started talking to Ole Qvist-Sorensen just a few months after VizThink began. He was one of over 80 people who came from outside North America to attend our inaugural event in San Francisco. ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
And the announcements keep rolling...we're excited to introduce Mark Wogan as our next facilitator for VizThink Berlin. Mark will be facilitating an exciting discussion about the role of visualization in leadership, particular in the task of creating a vision for an organization. Often the vision is left in binders or in ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
We're very excited about the next addition to our VizThink Berlin agenda, Yuri Engelhardt. He is an expert in visual language and communication. In fact, you may remember him from our podcast, Visual Language: Linear vs. Non-Linear along with Dave Gray and Neil Cohn discussing what qualifies as visual language. Now, Yuri ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
We've been working hard to find the best of the best in our industry for our upcoming conference in Berlin, and we'll be announcing a them over the next few weeks. For those of you who attended San Francisco or may be considering attending San Jose, each conference will be a completely ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
We're just over a week away from our upcoming mind mapping webinar with Jamie Nast & Chuck Frey - that also means you've only got a few more days to share your stories of unique uses of Mind Mapping as we announced last month.
Mind Mapping at it’s core is a ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
We here at VizThink HQ can't believe it's that time already - one week from today, July 19th, is the last chance to take advantage of our early registration discounts for VizThink Europe '08.
VizThink Europe takes place from Oct 12-14, 2008 in Berlin Germany - Even if you attended VizThink ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Missed out on a book at the conference earlier this year?
New to the Visual Thinking space and wondering where to start?
Just need a new book to read this weekend?
We've got an announcement for you...
VizThink Store is Now Open
We're pleased to announce the addition of the VizThink Store to our website. ...
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