Visual Thinkers Unite!

I had the privilege of spending two full days with a handful of widely revered visual thinkers. Dave Gray,  Dave Sibbet, Elizabeth Pastor, Tom Crawford, Michelle Malott and Tom Wujec.
When we met up at the VizThink conference in February this year Tom Wujec pulled us together to see if we wanted to help him communicate [...]

Topic: Diary, Strategy
Tags: dave gray, dave sibbet, elizabeth pastor, michelle malott, tom crawford, tom wujec, visual thinking, vizthink

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Come along to FWE&E and Web2.0 Expo

I’ll be speaking at two great events this month. This is proof that there’s a real hunger for telling a compelling visual story. The FWE&E event on March 11 has already sold out but you need to know about this organization! This is a great group of women executives and entrepreneurs. Wendy Beecham and the [...]

Topic: Delivery, Event
Tags: fwe&e, iabc, o'reilly, speaking, vizthink

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VizThink Conference Kicked Off Last Night

I love this conference because you see the coolest art &  meet the smartest people. The opening reception was last night at the Fairmont in San Jose, and it gave me the chance to meet up with some of my favorite people.

My first order of business was to catch up with Joni, Eduardo, and Mark [...]

Topic: Diary, Event
Tags: conference, indexed, soap, visual, vizthink, xplane

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Comics Communicate

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, how do comic strips rank?
In Robert Horn’s book Visual Language, he credits Rodolphe Topffer for inventing the combination of illustrations and words to tell a story–the world’s first comic strip artist.
When comparing the effectiveness of the comic strip to traditional prose, Horn states, “…with its dual advantages of [...]

Topic: Delivery, Design
Tags: seminar, story, vizthink

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