Sunni Brown

Turning a Corner with Turner Broadcasting Co.

Monday, January 2nd, 2012 - Filed under Gamestorming: A Playbook, Graphic Facilitation, Graphic Recording, Visual Thinking

 ‘Tis the season to be gaming. And many great games were played during a recent 2-day Gamestorming session with Turner Broadcasting Co. in Atlanta, GA. We were thrilled to be invited by the Strategy Development AYAKM group to host their offsite this year. The offsite was designed to support a work-flow transformation for a small [...]

TED: Doodlers, Unite!

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 - Filed under Appearances & Interviews, Spokesperson Sunni, The Doodle Revolution, Visual Thinking

From TED.com: Studies show that sketching and doodling improve our comprehension — and our creative thinking. So why do we still feel embarrassed when we’re caught doodling in a meeting? Sunni Brown says: Doodlers, unite! She makes the case for unlocking your brain via pad and pen.

Visualizing the Future: CEOs for Cities in Chicago

Thursday, October 20th, 2011 - Filed under Gamestorming: A Playbook, Graphic Recording, Lights in the People Tunnel, Visual Thinking

CEOs for Cities is a rock-and-roll nonprofit that has consistently proven it’s on the cutting edge of conversations around designing and innovating cities of the future. This relatively small but dynamite organization connects urban leaders to front-line research, human-centered and tech-oriented projects, and perhaps most importantly, to each other.

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

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 [...]

Now is Our Time – TEDGlobal 2011 in Edinburgh

Thursday, August 4th, 2011 - Filed under Appearances & Interviews, Graphic Recording, Visual Thinking

Click a thumbnail for a larger view. Click here to view them on Flickr. Being part of any TED event, whether as a speaker, facilitator or visualizer, has been like joining a family. A big, raucous, good-samaritan, wildly creative family. I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of being involved in various TED events, my first [...]

Monday, May 23rd, 2011 - Filed under Gamestorming: A Playbook, Graphic Facilitation, Graphic Recording, Visual Thinking

**OUR FIRST PUBLIC GAMESTORMING WORKSHOP… …is being generously hosted by Duarte Design on July 22, 2011 in Mountain View, CA, and we want to see your shiny faces there. For those of you who prefer moving pictures, click here to watch a video designed by XPLANE that describes the story and practice of Gamestorming. Or, [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

UX London 2011 – Gamestorming Workshops and High Tea

Monday, April 18th, 2011 - Filed under Gamestorming: A Playbook, Graphic Facilitation, Graphic Recording, PowerPoints, Visual Thinking

Because, oddly, I had never been to London, Andy Budd of Clearleft took pity on me and invited me to host a workshop at UX London 2011. (He swears it’s due to my content but I think he thought I needed a spot of tea.) So I must applaud his prescience – the Gamestorming workshop [...]