Sunni Brown

SXSW Interactive 2011: Don’t Call it a Comeback. I’ve Been Here for Years.

Thursday, July 7th, 2011 - Filed under Appearances & Interviews, Graphic Recording

And here we go again with SXSW Interactive – a festival to make other festivals shrink in fear. This mammoth affair brings some 75,000 people to Austin and for the last four years, I’ve been responsible for curating the live visualization team during the Interactive portion (and for showing up prepared for a panel that [...]

Taking it to Scale: SXSW Interactive

Thursday, July 7th, 2011 - Filed under Graphic Recording

I’ve worked at SXSW for several years now, graphically recording the keynotes, curating the graphics team, and speaking on panels with some excellent folks. My graphic records from those events seem to spread far and wide on the Internet, but once they’re gone people lose the sense of scale. This post, therefore, is specifically so [...]

For Fast Company: My Creative Process Unfolding

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011 - Filed under Comics and Sketches, Infographics, Spokesperson Sunni

When Fast Company put me one their 100 Most Creative People in Business 2011 list, they asked that I draw an image of my creative process so they could use it to promote the event. They also asked me to send a self-portrait. So, since neither my creative process nor my self-portrait is sacred, I [...]

Sneak Peek into Gamestorming Workshop at Duarte Design

Sunday, June 26th, 2011 - Filed under Gamestorming: A Playbook, Graphic Facilitation, Graphic Recording, PowerPoints

Many of you know that Dave Gray and I are hosting a Gamestorming workshop at Duarte Design in July of this year. But did you also know you can get a sneak peek into the content? I spent about about 45 hours designing the curriculum and about 15 hours designing the slides to accompany it. [...]

Teacher Leadership for the 21st Century

Sunday, June 12th, 2011 - Filed under Infographics

The Center for Teaching Qualityis a repeat client of ours and our admiration is mutual. This small but dynamite organization works to redefine what it means to be a teacher in the 21st Century – legislatively, politically and in the virtual/classroom. Teachers are no longer just teachers in the new education landscape – they are [...]

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 [...]

Strategic Doodling against Cancer with the American Cancer Society

Sunday, April 17th, 2011 - Filed under Gamestorming: A Playbook, Graphic Facilitation, Graphic Recording

There’s no question that the American Cancer Society has its work cut out for it. This organization tackles some of the most challenging issues in society like changing behaviors around smoking, encouraging early cancer screening and educating children on the risks of obesity. But juggling priorities and evaluating resources can be challenging even for experts. [...]