Archive for the ‘Visual Notetaking’ Category

Why the Doodle Matters

Why the Doodle Matters

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 - Filed under Appearances & Interviews, Graphic Facilitation, Graphic Recording, Infographics, Spokesperson Sunni, The Doodle Revolution, Visual Notetaking, Visual Templates, Visual Thinking

From .net magazine, my article “Why the Doodle Matters.” You can read it on the .net website or download a PDF version of the article.

What We Learn from Doodles

What We Learn from Doodles

Monday, September 5th, 2011 - Filed under Appearances & Interviews, Explanatory Videos, Gamestorming: A Playbook, Graphic Facilitation, Graphic Recording, Infographics, Lights in the People Tunnel, Listening, PowerPoints, Product Explanations, Spokesperson Sunni, The Doodle Revolution, Visual Notetaking, Visual Templates, Visual Thinking, VizThink Austin

This article is from CNN.com Editor’s note: Editor’s note: Sunni Brown owns an information design firm and is a speaker and co-author of “GameStorming: A Playbook for Rule-breakers, Innovators and Changemakers.” She was recently named on Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business List and on the 10 Most Creative People on Twitter list. She spoke at [...]

Doodle Revolution Meets Robert McKee

Doodle Revolution Meets Robert McKee

Thursday, July 28th, 2011 - Filed under Graphic Recording, Visual Notetaking

Our last blog post on Robert McKee’s STORY Seminar was so beloved by McKee’s folks that they requested to use the visual notes as their marketing piece. Mia, Robert’s lovely wife, sent us this image to show how they juxtaposed my content with theirs. I know many of you are equally enamored with story as [...]

The Infamous Robert McKee: STORY Seminar in London

The Infamous Robert McKee: STORY Seminar in London

Friday, July 15th, 2011 - Filed under Graphic Recording, Visual Notetaking

As I grow in my visual thinking work, it’s become abundantly clear that the story is 100 times more powerful than the visuals that support it (and am I going to get in trouble for saying that!) I’ve always known that visualizing crappy content is like putting lipstick on a pig, but the overwhelming importance [...]

100 Most Creative People in Business 2011?! Thanks, Fast Company.

100 Most Creative People in Business 2011?! Thanks, Fast Company.

Thursday, May 19th, 2011 - Filed under Appearances & Interviews, Comics and Sketches, Explanatory Videos, Spokesperson Sunni, The Doodle Revolution, Visual Notetaking, Visual Thinking

To my pleasant (and slightly confused) surprise, Fast Company chose me as one of the folks on their 100 Most Creative People in Business List for 2011. (I came in at #56, so take that, Ryan Seacrest!) In seriousness, I was pleased to be acknowledged as a “Creative,” since it’s a title I haven’t embraced [...]

TEDx UT: The Doodle Revolution

TEDx UT: The Doodle Revolution

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 - Filed under Appearances & Interviews, PowerPoints, Visual Notetaking, Visual Thinking

On my way to Wimberley a couple of months ago, I got a call from Derek Woodgate. He was on the planning team for TEDx UT and I assumed he was going to ask me for speaker recommendations, since our team had just produced TEDx Austin and we had a long list of incredible possible [...]

SXSW Interactive 2010: Done and done.

SXSW Interactive 2010: Done and done.

Friday, March 19th, 2010 - Filed under Appearances & Interviews, Graphic Recording, Visual Notetaking, Visual Thinking

2010 was my most immersive year for SXSW and oddly enough, my most tranquil. I had more responsibilities than ever during the event but I also got more rest. I think that means I’m growing up. I was able to (1) host a VizThink SXSW party with Dave Gray, (2) curate a team of 6 [...]

Dan Roam’s Back of the Napkin Workshop, San Francisco, CA

Dan Roam’s Back of the Napkin Workshop, San Francisco, CA

Sunday, March 7th, 2010 - Filed under Lights in the People Tunnel, Visual Notetaking, Visual Thinking

One page of my visual notes from Dan Roam’s excellent workshop in SF – the pilot for The Back of the Napkin. I appreciate that Dan’s putting visual thinking front and center in the business world. It helps me keep MY day job, too. See the rest of the visual notes here.

Fundamentals of Visual Notetaking for SXSW Interactive 2010

Fundamentals of Visual Notetaking for SXSW Interactive 2010

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 - Filed under Appearances & Interviews, Infographics, Visual Notetaking

The first bits of coolness around SXSW Interactive 2010: a baby graphic giving some insight into the contents of our Visual Notetaking Panel. The panel, Visual Notetaking 101, is on Monday, March 15 at 3:30 pm, so join us for a conversation on how to stop taking notes that look like punishment. I’m joined on the panel [...]

HMSA Leadership Summit – Honolulu, HI

HMSA Leadership Summit – Honolulu, HI

Sunday, January 24th, 2010 - Filed under Graphic Recording, Visual Notetaking

HMSA (Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Hawai’i) has risen to the top of my client list due to the nature of the projects we’re involved with and my deep respect for the efforts of the leadership and the Innovation Team. They are transforming the organization in service to their customers and I’ve been lucky enough to [...]