Archive for the ‘Visual Templates’ 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 [...]

Playing with Sharp Objects: Gamestorming with Razorfish

Playing with Sharp Objects: Gamestorming with Razorfish

Sunday, April 24th, 2011 - Filed under Gamestorming: A Playbook, Graphic Facilitation, Graphic Recording, Visual Templates, Visual Thinking

Naturally, when I describe the process of Gamestorming, it immediately begs the question: But what does it LOOK LIKE? It is visual thinking, after all. These images are of a recent graphically-facilitated session with combo client Razorfish and AT&T. It was a small group of 15 power-thinkers and it lasted two days with FANTASTIC results. [...]

Producing TEDx Austin at KLRU Austin City Limits

Producing TEDx Austin at KLRU Austin City Limits

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 - Filed under Appearances & Interviews, Graphic Facilitation, Graphic Recording, Lights in the People Tunnel, Visual Templates, Visual Thinking

Producing TEDx Austin felt like birthing some kind of gigantic baby. I think I can speak for the entire team – Nancy Giordano, Jen Spencer, Kelley Burrus, Shannon Mehner, Chris Justice, Mary Baird-Wilcox and Stacy Weitzner – when I say that it would be impossible to capture the experience in one word. There were triumphs, [...]

Sheri McConnell Marketing Maps

Sheri McConnell Marketing Maps

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 - Filed under Visual Templates

One of my repeat clients, Sheri McConnell Companies, Inc., frequently uses visual templates to help their clients work toward goals. What they didn’t do, however, was create branded templates that reflect the company and the vision Sheri has in her mind when she’s coaching people. After partnering with them three times, I finally recommended that [...]

Leadership Austin Group Template

Leadership Austin Group Template

Sunday, May 10th, 2009 - Filed under Visual Templates, Visual Thinking

Templates allow people who don’t consider themselves visual thinkers to still work in a visual space. They are an extremely functional tool because they can establish metaphors that are meaningful for the context, are scalable to work in groups of many sizes, and create a lasting archive and presentation piece for participants in an event. [...]

Interaction Associates and Dell – Group Process Tool
Tobacco Cessation Idea Log

Tobacco Cessation Idea Log

Thursday, March 12th, 2009 - Filed under Visual Templates