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Thanks to Information is Beautiful, for this intereseting landscape of reported social anxieties. What would the graph look like for 2012? Anxiety over Republican Front-Runners and the possibilit of SOPA breaking the internet?
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Thanks to Information is Beautiful, for this intereseting landscape of reported social anxieties. What would the graph look like for 2012? Anxiety over Republican Front-Runners and the possibilit of SOPA breaking the internet?
]]>What is IFVP 2012? Well, it is the only conference for graphic recording and graphic facilitators in the world! Networking and learning with the best in the industry sounds great, right? Today is the last day for the early bird discount. Come and help cheer Heather along!
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Nora and I find this to be true as we travel to different cities around the country. We often joke to ourselves about our fast paced pedestrian behavior and dare-devil attitude when it comes to cross walks.
Apparently we are not alone! Alexis Ohanian, the founder of Reddit and Hipmunk, shares the sentiment and put together an infographic to prove it! We were happy to share the stage with at the Oredev conference in Malmo, Sweden in November. Over at Hipmunk, Shaun, designed the infographic below.
I hope it gives you the same smile that it gave us!
ImageThink returns to sxsw 2012 with Ogilvy Notes
The response to our work with Ogilvy Notes last year at SXSW Interactive 2011 was so big, we are coming back! This year Nora Herting, Heather Willems, Andrew Federman, and Liisa Sorsa will be creating graphic recordings, live responsive drawings, of all the keynote s and featured speakers. Watch us live in the conference center. Too many sessions to choose from? Not to worry, our visual summaries will be uploaded each day to the Ogilvy Notes blog and Flickr stream, or you can get your own limited edition prints of each day's session at Ogilvy's Booth at the Day Stage.
See our graphic recordings from SXSW 2011 here.
Going to? Stop by and say "howdy".
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I had the opportunity to graphic record for Austin Brock from the Disney Institute. Austin has an amazingly rich visual language and practices what she preaches when speaking on the art of storytelling to Build a Business. I was excited to scribe for Austin, it seemed like a perfect match between her visual language and our visual storytelling!
In the presentation, Austin spoke to the importance of "storytelling your culture," stating that the key is to connect experiences with your customers through sharing stories. She encouraged the sales folks in the audience to take a shot at "storytelling your business practices" by letting people know your history, your identity, and your vision.
Not only did the Disney Institute share the secrets of their well practiced story telling elements, but they also offered good storytelling techniques, and my personal favorite, "The DOs and DON'Ts of Storytelling."
As a graphic recorder, some of our favorite speakers follow these rules. They increase the value of the presentation by insuring clear understanding, greater memory retention, and just plain ol' enjoyment from your audience!
I'd like to share some of the Disney Institute's Tips:
DO use plain-speak
DO choose length wisely (and inform your graphic recorder *wink*)
DO be careful about claiming someone else's story as your own
DO use inclusive language (be careful of acronyms)
DO practice (If you say you will make 3 points, you want to remember to state all 3)
DON'T begin with "I want to tell you a story"
DON'T characterize the story as "This is a really funny story." They can decide
DON'T muddle the point by fussing with statistics. It just matters that action happened
When I am not graphic recording client's stories, I like to make sketchnotes at different storytelling events around New York City. These are some organizations that we love!
You can even take storytelling classes with Kevin Allison at The Story Studio
Happy Story Telling!
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This is Brad's drawing visualizing the act of finding common ground, something as a mediator, he is keen to do.
Our favorite activity was a rapid fire visualization exercise Amanda led the group through. We were challenged to illustrate random trivia in 30 seconds. Featured here are some facts about animals, like sharks are the only fish that can blink both eyes and almonds and peaches are from the same family.
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Here at the ImageThink offices in New York, we are following the free speach protests against SOPA. But we had to ask, what exactly is the SOPA bill? As visual thinkers, our favorite explanation was this animated video produced by the Guardian.
The visuals we produce at ImageThink are based on, and inservice of the content of our clients, we do generate creative property that the SOPA bill is theoretically protecting. About once a month, we will get requests from journalists, researchers, or student's who are excited to find one of our visual summaries is the perfect support for their article or research.
We are happy to grant them permission to publish and distribute our work, provided of course that the content is public. As business owners, and artists, we feel empowered to share what we do with as wide of an audience as possible. The more people who see our graphic recordings, the more visibility we and our entire field gain. That exposure eventually translates to more business opportunities.
]]>Sebastian Wernicke has taken on a similar and entertaining task of summarizing 1000 TED talks into 6 words. Having fun by referencing the story attributed to Ernest Hemingway: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn" and also the Six-Word Memoir project by SMITH, Wernicke uses crowd sourcing to achieve this daunting and amusing task. Check it out!
Sebastian Wernicke thinks every TEDTalk can be summarized in six words. At TEDxZurich, he shows how to do just that -- and less
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Fishing Day (Huck & Tom), 2011, watercolor and collage on paper, 48 x 60 3/4"Last night I went to a few gallery openings here in Chelsea. I was struck by one installation at the Paul Kasmin Gallery. Artist, Santa Moix created collaged watercolor painting that illustrate a dark interpretation of Mark Twain's Adentures of Huckleberry Finn.
What I personally love about the work was the Paul Kasmin Gallery's installation. The framed paintings themselves are hung salon style and the artist chose to sketch images directly onto the walls in charcoal (floor to ceiling.) As the room fills with viewers, the illustrations smudge and smear, ghosting the images and visually creating the presence of energy and movement. Fantastic!
If you are in the NYC area, swing by 27th Street and 10th Avenue to check out Santi Moix on Huckleberry Finn: Watercolors and Wall drawings at the Paul Kasmin Gallery. January 5th - February 11th, 2012
Santi Moix
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As you are getting ready to bring in 2012, remember these handy tips from Chris, the "Simpsons Artist."
See you in 2012!!!
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