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TED-ED: Containerization

TED-ED: Containerization

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 - Filed under Explanatory Videos

Created for TED-ED, animated by Marc Strong for sunnibrown.com.

TED-ED: Big Words

TED-ED: Big Words

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 - Filed under Explanatory Videos

Big Words, animated by Craig Staggs for sunnibrown.com. Created for TED-ED.

Do it for the Kids: Our Partnership with TED-ED

Do it for the Kids: Our Partnership with TED-ED

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 - Filed under Explanatory Videos

For those of you who are TED-obsessed, their latest endeavor should be making you swoon. Chris Anderson, ever the evangelist for ideas worth spreading, master-minded the TED-ED initiative described in the video here. In short: it’s a call to educators and a call to animators, to come together and offer children around the world access [...]

Come Hither, Your Sketchiness: SXSW Interactive’s First SketchCamp

Come Hither, Your Sketchiness: SXSW Interactive’s First SketchCamp

Monday, February 27th, 2012 - Filed under Appearances & Interviews, The Doodle Revolution, Visual Thinking

A short list of things that are simultaneously fun and valuable: Crossword puzzles, children, techniques for creative problem-solving, and SXSW’s first-ever-of-all-time SketchCamp! If you find yourself at SXSW Interactive this year, you are officially invited to join us for the first session of its kind at this conference. SketchCamp – an open-space form of unconferencing designed for [...]

TED: Doodlers, Unite!

TED: Doodlers, Unite!

Sunday, November 13th, 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.

Design Beats Mass – Webdagene 2011

Design Beats Mass – Webdagene 2011

Saturday, November 12th, 2011 - Filed under Graphic Recording

  It doesn’t seem right to have Jared Spool, Matt Jones, Mike Moran AND Stephen Anderson all under one roof. I think we’re supposed to spread the Smart around. But they and I were all invited to Webdagene 2011, Norway’s best user experience conference. Each of these guys are “kahunas” in their field (pardon me, I just [...]

Visualizing the Future: CEOs for Cities in Chicago

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

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 [...]

NYSERDA Video

NYSERDA Video

Monday, August 15th, 2011 - Filed under Explanatory Videos

An informational video created for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Created in collaboration with Square Bear Studio.