Visual Thinking & The Writing Process

Ryan Coleman

2/1/10

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This past weekend I had the opportunity to speak at the Canadian Association of Journalists’ conference “Innovate News” – I had been asked to come and give a topic on Visual Thinking and how it could be used by journalists of all types. I deliberately focused on how visual thinking can be used early on in the process for activities like brainstorming, information gathering & organization and story development. It was a brief session (~30 minutes) so my goal was really to present enough information to get people interested in the idea of visual thinking and give them some ideas for directions where they could dig deeper.

The Presentation

I’ve uploaded the deck and included it here below:

Dig Deeper with VizThinkU

Of course, if you want to dig deeper into some of the techniques mentioned here (and more!), I highly recommend you check out our VizThinkU library – especially; Visual Note-taking 101, Drawing Out Your Ideas & Visual Thinking for Writers.

All three are excellent resources for people who are looking to start incorporating more visual techniques in their creative process.

- Ryan

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  4. • [Workshop] Visual Communication with Dave Gray – July 25, 2008 in Toronto
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5 Responses to Visual Thinking & The Writing Process

  1. Austin Kleon says:
    February 1, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    Hmmm…looks familiar… ;-)

  2. ryancoleman says:
    February 1, 2010 at 4:39 pm

    Yeah, some of it might :) … needless to say, your “Visual Thinking for Writers” VizThinkU is a very good follow-up for this (& was promoted as such during the talk) :)

  3. Karen Bennett says:
    February 2, 2010 at 3:11 am

    Great overview/intro presentation, Ryan! Your examples made it concrete, and I would think that showing parallels to the writing process made it easier for your audience to relate to. I'd love to know, how did they respond?

  4. ryancoleman says:
    February 2, 2010 at 2:38 pm

    Thanks Karen! It seemed to be pretty well received. The few people I spoke to afterwards said they enjoyed it and even started to recognize some visual techniques they'd subconsciously already been using and were excited to try some more/experiment further…

  5. David J Garbutt says:
    July 4, 2010 at 12:13 am

    I think you would really find using Tinderbox right up your street.
    http://www.eastgate.com/tinderbox/

    Lots of Maps shown there and you can also outline…

    DaveG

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