EVENT: Thinking Visually: Just Show Me a Freaking Picture To “think visually” is to transform complex, text-based knowledge or verbal language into engaging and memorable visuals so the information can be better represented, understood and remembered.Visual thinking is relevant today because the density of information we deal with is the equivalent of being soaked with a firehose of data - and it’s not showing any signs of slowing.
Unfortunately, research indicates that when our brains find themselves in situations of great complexity, they start to shut down. It's like being caught in a gigantic hairball. And therein lies the utility of using simple pictures to untangle the mess. Join Sunni in this visual thinking session to get a basic overview of what visual thinking is, why it matters, and how anyone can do it. And why, really, it's kind of heinous if you don't at least try. The event is free of charge and open to all interested parties. Our fabulous host for this is event is Vignette, who will be supplying pizza and sodas. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - RSVP: http://ixdaaustin.ning.com/events/prototyping-panel (If you are not already a member, you'll need to sign up first. It's free) - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - WHEN Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 6:00 – 6:30pm Networking 6:30 – 7:30pm Presentation 7:30 – 8:00pm Networking and Conversation WHERE Vignette 1301 S MO Pac Expy PRESENTER Sunni Brown Owner, BrightSpot Info Design www.sunnibrown.com Sunni Brown, M.P.A., is a fun-loving information designer based out of Austin, TX. She is owner of BrightSpot, a company specializing in visual thinking to support organizational and group success. Sunni was trained in graphic facilitation at The Grove Consultants International, a San Francisco-based company known for pioneering the use of visual tools in strategy and planning meetings. She is currently an Associate of The Grove and is also co-Founder of VizThink Austin, to-date the largest visual thinking community in the U.S. Sunni holds Bachelor’s degrees in Journalism and Linguistics and a Master’s in Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs. She is not convinced that those degrees have much to do with visual thinking. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
