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    Graphic Facilitation and Recording Resources

     History of Graphic Recording and Facilitiation:Makemark.com 

    Paper on Visual Language and converging technologies by Robert Horn 

    World Cafe Article about Benefits of Graphic Facilitation 

    Article about thow graphic facilitation can promote inter-generational communication

    Tom Wujec in a Video about images, words and the brain

    Edward Tufte, an expert on informational graphics  

    Information is Beautiful by David McCandless

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    Wednesday
    Sep082010

    Chicago’s ‘Mayor for Life’ Decides Not to Run

    DateWednesday, September 8, 2010 at 9:57AM

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    SUSAN SAULNY, Chicago’s ‘Mayor for Life’ Decides Not to Run, September 7, 2010

    Prior to living in Brooklyn, both Nora and I have lived in Chicago for quite sometime. For that reason, this article caught my eye this morning: Shock over Mayor Richard M. Daley’s news spread all the way to Washington, where the White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, has said he would like the job. This timeline highlights a few of the milestones in Mayor Daley's influence on the city of Chicago over the course of his leadership.  

    Richard M. Daley was Chicago's mayor from 1989 to 2011. The day after Christmas, he will become the longest-serving mayor in the history of the city. 

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    Friday
    Sep032010

    Line By Line, A Year in Review - "Guest Blogger Fernando Orellena Synthesizes the world on August 5th" 

    DateFriday, September 3, 2010 at 6:29AM

    This week Line By Line turned 1! To celebrate, this week we revisited some of the biggest news stories of the year.

    Throughout the year, we have had guest bloggers make their own interpretations of the news. My favorite, was our most recent blogger, artist Fernando Orellena. Fernando didn't choose one story from August 5th, but synthesized a number of headline stories, some critical, some mundane. To see the original post, click here


     

    Stay tuned for next Friday, when we launch our Guest Blogger Friday spot on Line By Line. At the end of each week, we will feature a guest graphic facilitator, illustrator, or artist. Would you like a turn? Just contact us, info@imagethink.net

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    Thursday
    Sep022010

    Line By Line, A Year in Review - "On Street Tracing Haiti's Pain, Survival Goes On" 

    DateThursday, September 2, 2010 at 11:24AM

     This week we are celebrating Line By Line's first birthday by revisiting important stories and images from the year. This visual is from the January 25th post Heather did on the Haiti's earthquake survivors. To see original New York Times story, click here 


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    Wednesday
    Sep012010

    Line By Line, a year in review: " Hopes Fade for Comprehensive Climate Treaty"

    DateWednesday, September 1, 2010 at 8:15AM

    This week we are celebrating Line By Line's first birthday by revisiting important stories and images from the year. A favorite of mine is Heather Willem's coverage of the Copenhagen Climate talks.  While highly anticipated, unfortunately, the meeting of the United Nations yielded little results global policy to deter climate change. 

    Click here for the original post and story 

     

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    Tuesday
    Aug312010

    A Year in Review - Obama's Speech on Health Care

    DateTuesday, August 31, 2010 at 9:19AM

    To celebrate the 1 year birthday of ImageThink's Blog, Line By Line, we wanted to repost some of the important graphic summaries that developed from world events in the past 12 months. Below is Nora Herting's visual summary of President Obama's Heath Care Speech, originally posted: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 Click here to view the original post and comments.
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    Obama's speech on Health Care to Congress. September 9, 2009.

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    Monday
    Aug302010

    Line By Line Blog Turns 1 Year Old

    DateMonday, August 30, 2010 at 9:23AM

    Line By Line Blog Turns 1 Year Old

    ImageThink's blog, Line By Line, turns 1 year old this week!

    For the past year ImageThink have been creating graphic summaries of the New York Times Headlines. This week we will be posting the "best of" posts from the past 12 months.

    We want to give special thanks to all of our guest bloggers this year: Liam O'Brien, Fernando Orellena, Isaac Fortoul, Jonny Goldstein, Ryan Robinson, and Dusty Folwarczny. And thank YOU for visiting!

    We look forward to another year of great visual summaries, more information on graphic facilitation, and frequent guest bloggers from fantastic artists, illustrators, and graphic facilitators!


    Heather Willems, Untitled Cakes, ink &acrylic on board, 03/05/09

     

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    Thursday
    Aug262010

    Harvard Business Review Sites Benefits of Graphic Facilitation

    DateThursday, August 26, 2010 at 11:55AM

     

    We are excited to see Harvard Business Review publish an article on graphic facilitation "Vision Statement: Tired of PowerPoint? Try This Instead"

    The article discusses the increasing prominence of of graphic facilitation in business meetings as a solution to "powerpoint fatigue."  Professor Martin Eppler of University of Galen Switzerland sites the real-time, collaborative nature of a graphic record of a group's discussion as the reason that attendees of meetings supported by graphic facilitators have increased recall.

    Attendees of meetings supported by graphic facilitators have increased recall. Professor Martin Eppler of University of Galen Switzerland believes it is the real-time, collaborative nature of the resulting visual of a group's discussion that increases investment and retention.

    He characterizes Powerpoint as a passive mode of information, which is authored by one person prior to the meeting.

    The excellent illustrations are by Stephanie Crowley, a fellow graphic facilitator in the field. 

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    Tuesday
    Aug242010

    BugBots

    DateTuesday, August 24, 2010 at 9:29AM

    Harvard engineering professor, Rob Wood, is working with a team of graduate students to design and create robotic insects smaller than the size of your finger tip.

    While robo-bugs could one day replace honey bees (upon their extinction) they are also designed to work in swarms to build parts of bridges and damns that are too dangerous for humans to reach. Miniature worm like robots are being developed for the medical industry to deliver drug injections to specific areas in the intestinal system.

     

    To learn more click here: http://micro.seas.harvard.edu/

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    Monday
    Aug232010

    Big Top Circus

    DateMonday, August 23, 2010 at 8:13AM

    The coffee lid market is valued at $180 million. Last year in the United States alone, $14 billion lids were sold. Innovators are accepting the design challenge to make the best new lid. whether it steams you breakfast sandwhich or french presses your custom coffee, designers hope to be the next big thing and join SOLO's lid (that used at Starbucks) in the MOMA museum.

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    Wednesday
    Aug182010

    Moose Offer Trail of Clues on Arthritis

    DateWednesday, August 18, 2010 at 9:35AM

    PAM BELLUCK  "Moose Offer Trail of Clues on Arthritis" , August 16, 2010 New York Times

    By studying arthritic moose, researchers are beginning to see clear link between poor nutrition and osteoarthritis.

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    Friday
    Aug132010

    Cleared, and Pondering the Value of 27 Years

    DateFriday, August 13, 2010 at 1:01PM

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    JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., Ex-Inmate's Dilemma - $2.2 Million or a Lawsuit, August, 13,2010

    Ex-Inmate's Dilemma - $2.2 Million or a Lawsuit suing the State of Texas. At age 18, Michael A. Green was falsely accused of raping a girl and served 27 years in prison. In 2001, Texas passed a statute granting inmates the right to request DNA tests on old evidence under certain conditions. 9 years later and after a DNA test, Green was found innocent. Now he is trying to move forward with his recent freedom.

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    Thursday
    Aug122010

    Russia Breathes Easier as Moscow Skies Clear

    DateThursday, August 12, 2010 at 1:20PM

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    ANDREW E. KRAMER, Russia Breathes Easier as Moscow Skies Clear, August 12, 2010

    "Air quality improved for a second day in Moscow, as the wind shifted and firefighters extinguished a number of the fires burning near the capital."

    "The state of emergency was still in effect in Moscow and other areas, and forecasters, however, warned that smoke could periodically waft back over the Russian capital for weeks, with the main culprits hard-to-extinguish fires in dried-out peat bogs."

    "At least one feared disaster during this summer of heat waves, crop failures and forest fires has for now been averted. The authorities said Thursday they had detected noincrease in radiation levels in Moscow or elsewhere after wildfires burned some forest that had been contaminated after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster."

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    Monday
    Aug092010

    IFVP Visual Practitioner's Conference 2010

    DateMonday, August 9, 2010 at 3:50PM

    Heather and I just returned from IFVP's Visual Practitioner's Conference in San Francisco. Highlights from the 3 day conference included The Grove's founder, David Sibbet on the History of Graphic Recording and Dan Roam's presentation on how simple images help people solve problems. But the best part was connecting with the other 81 people from all over the world who are practicing graphic facilitators and graphic recorders. If you would like to learn more about IFVP, a powerful community of creative leaders from around the world, who share a common passion for bringing information and ideas to life visually, please visit their website and consider becoming a member, we are! 

    Heather and I are both already looking forward to the 2011 Conference in Hawaii! 

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    Heather's notes on Dave Sibbet's presentation of the history of graphic recording. Many participants in the conference were invited on stage as they were acknowledge for their seminal contributions to the 30 year practice of graphic facilitation and making meaning with images. 

    We just got a copy of David Sibbet's new book, Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes and Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity. It is packed full of great information on how visuals increase your leadership ablity by keeping participants engaged and help them really "see" what you mean!

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    Nora's illustration of Dave Sibbet's comment "People like to draw together."

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    Heather did a live graphic recording for Andrea Saveri's opening address about the future of visual practice. It was exciting to have the conference kick-off place us 10 years in the future. 

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    Nora's live graphic recording of Dan Roam's talk "From the Back of the Napkin to Infinity." Dan hit highlights from his blockbuster book "Back of the Napkin" and from his recent visuals explaining the new HealthCare bill. 

     

     

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    Friday
    Aug062010

    Guest Blogger Fernando Orellena Synthesizes the world on August 5th

    DateFriday, August 6, 2010 at 4:46PM

    Guest blogger Fernando Orellena. You can view Fernando's robatic artworks, paintings and other amazing visuals at his website.

    BUT Fernando was so inspired by the events of August 5th, he couldn't chose just ONE news story. His illustration is a synthesis of the following 7 headlines:

    Kagan Joins Supreme Court After 63-37 Vote in Senate

    In 911 Call, Killer of 8 Spoke of Wanting to Kill More

    Russia, Crippled by Drought, Bans Grain Exports
    Gay Marriage Ruling a Challenge for Both Parties
    Two New Paths to the Dream: Regeneration
    BP Done Pumping Cement Into Well

    Naomi Campbell Testifies at War Crimes Trial

    Check out Fernando's Bio too...we love Fernando and his laugh in addition to his work:

    Currently an Assistant Professor developing an electronic art program at Union College in Schenectady, NY, Fernando Orellana uses new and traditional media as a way of transmitting concepts that range from generative art to socialpolitical commentary. He has recently exhibited at the Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, The Mandeville Gallery, Schenectady, NY, Exit Art, New York, New York, LABoral, Gijon, Spain, The Tang Museum of Art, Saratoga Springs, NY, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL, The Ark, Dublin, Ireland, and The Biennial of Electronic Art, Perth, Australia.

    His work is part of several art collections including the Richard and Ellen Sandor family collection Chicago, IL., Leslie Lerner Collection Kansas City, KS, The Ohio State University Student Union Collection, and The Western Michigan University Collection.

    He has been reviewed in a variety of publications and catalogs including ARTnews, Digital by Design, EMERGENTES, Art in America, Art Review, Slashdot, We-Make-Money-Not-Art, Todayʼs Machining World, MAKE: Technology on your Time, Technikart Futur, Wired Online, CNN, and NPR, WBEZ.

    He was recently awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
    (NYFA) in Digital/Electronic Arts. He received a Master of Fine Art from The Ohio State University and a
    Bachelor of Fine Art from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was born in El Salvador, San Salvador in 1973. For a complete CV and recent artwork see: www.fernandoorellana.com

    

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    Friday
    Aug062010

    DateFriday, August 6, 2010 at 12:27PM

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