Do you subscribe to the magazine FastCompany?  You can find us on page 169 of the current issue.  We thought it was appropriate to be included in the ”Masters of Design” (October) issue.  If you’re a subscriber, you should have just received your copy.  If not, be sure to pick one up at your local news stand.  This is only our second print advertisement ever, and we’re pretty excited about it.  Click on the ad below …

One of the favorite parts of my job is to talk to all of the amazing people in our industry.  There is some incredible work going on in all areas of visualization.  It’s very exciting to have access to some of the latest research and to be able to share it with the community.  In the case of Moritz Stefaner and his research with FH Potsdam in Germany, they are solving two problems.  First, often …

Do you want to improve your visual thinking skills?  Is it hard to find the time to travel to a workshop?  Has your company placed restrictions on travel?  Well, we have a solution!  We’re bringing a workshop for visual thinking skills online, and today is the last day to register.  We’ve got 4 of the best people in our field lined up to help!

Dave Gray
David Sibbet
Karl Gude
Nancy Duarte

They will show you how to visualize your ideas so …

We are exactly 1 month from the start of the next exciting VizThink event, VizThink Europe.  As we get closer, the Crowne Plaza Berlin City Centre, the conference hotel and location of all of the sessions, is filling up quickly.  Many people are taking advantage of the great location in the heart of West Berlin to add a few days on both sides of the conference which results in even the days before and after the conference filling …

Last night two of our community coordinators, Sunni Brown & Marilyn Martin, were interviewed on the radio show Writing on the Air, on KOOP, 91.7 FM in Austin.  Sunni & Marilyn (along with Charlene McBride) started our local community in Austin.  VizThink Austin met this week for their 4th time and is one of our fasting growing communities.  The interview includes (interestingly related) musical interludes from the White Stripes and Joan Osborne, as well as a lot of great …

When talking about web-based mind mapping, Mindomo is in the first to be mentioned.  When VizThink was just an idea, before we even had a budget, Mindomo was one of the tools we used to brainstorm the concept of a visual thinking community.  While a few things have been tweaked, you can see from this Mindomo-generate image, that we have stuck pretty close to plan:

Mindomo has led the way in web-based mind mapping, with options for …

slide:ology is one of my favorite business books of the year so far, and, yes, it is a business book.  In fact, I think it should be the top of any business person’s reading list.  If you ever have to present an idea, pitch a product, sell a service, get approval, or provide a progress update which should cover just about every front line manager and above in an organization.  I’m not alone in my …

Just a quick reminder of the upcoming VizThink community events this week. 
VizThink Austin 4: Gallery walk | September 9, 2008 @ 6pm
This month’s Austin event will feature the work of fellow community members. It’ll be a great event to network, share your work, gain insight and get inspired. Marilyn & Sunni have done a great job getting the Austin community started and I’m sure their positive reviews will continue with this event – sounds like …

Ever wonder how visual thinking applies to your business?  In this 8 minute podcast with Dave Gray, Founder and Chairman of Xplane, we discuss a variety of uses for visual thinking in companies.  Some of the suggestions include internal communications about strategic changes in direction, visual methods for process improvement, and visual tools to explain complex products and services to customers. 
We talk specifically about the application to Private Banking, but the principles are widely applicable to …

We’ve been asking lots of questions about the visual thinking community almost since the very beginning (1, 2) of VizThink.  Who belongs to the community?  How is everybody related to each other?  How big is the community?  One of the best ways to solve this problem is, of course, visual thinking. 
Several people have worked on this over the last year.  However, Ellen Coomber has taken the research to the next level.  She has turned the question …