For VizThink NYC’s third workshop of 2011 BigBlueGumball took the crowd on a fun and engaging trip into the world of visual communication. Steve and Todd Cherches (also known as Todd and Steve Cherches, or BigBlueGumball) showed us, through three …

Recently, VizThinker Sunni Brown gave a talk as part of a TEDx event held at the University of Texas at Austin – centered on the topic of visual note-taking, Sunni laid out the case for why incorporating visuals into one’s …

The crew from our most popular VizThinkU webinar to date, Visual Note-taking 101, took their show on the road a few months ago with a session at the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. Recently, the conference organizers released an audio podcast of the session – which was great, but not all that useful for a session discussing visual thinking and sketch noting ideas. Thankfully, Austin Kleon, took the time to gather slides and images from the session and has added a visuals to the Audio.

Click through to check out the full slidecast here on VizThink.com

DUE TO AN INJURY, THIS SESSION HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO JULY 17, 2009 @ Noon EDT A quick reminder that next Tuesday, June 16th is the next VizThinkU webinar, “Drawing out your ideas: Techniques for visual thinking, note-taking and presentations” …

During this three-hour session, Nancy Margulies, a master visual facilitator, demonstrates the process of using words and images to convey ideas. Using example projects from participants, Nancy creates visual images that conveys all the ideas and relationships among them while teaching you tools and techniques that can be taken back to apply to your own work.

Nancy has taught thousands of people to develop skills that enable them to record their ideas using images as well as short phrases. This skill will enable you to “think on paper” to gain a deeper understanding of complex systems.

With the skills Nancy teaches, you can map a given activity and then look at the consequences, unintended consequences, resources needed, and other factors so that you have the “big picture” and a truly systemic view. Or you can use visual recording to convey an idea you want to present to others, with images that make your presentation more engaging

Just a reminder that next Tuesday, May 12th @ 11am EST, we’ll be running the first VizThinkU course, Visual-notetaking 101. Check out our blog post announcing the webinar for information & bios for Austin Kleon, Sunni Brown & Mike Rohde …