Here at VizThink, we were inspired by the role that visual design and expression played in the last presidential election campaign in the United States. Not only was design a very key component of the Obama strategy, but it was …

This week on vizThink Rewind we’re looking back at our Idea Mapping webinar with Jamie Nast and Chuck Frey. Jamie literally wrote the book on Idea Mapping and Chuck is the man behind the popular blog “Mind Mapping Software. During …

VizThink got its start coming up on three years ago when the first Toronto community events started happening. At that time, a chain of events got set in motion that lead to the first VizThink conference that took place two years ago this week.

Since that time the VizThink community has grown a lot while producing a lot of great content. So we’re going to start a new feature – Rewind Fridays – where we’ll repost some of the best content from our archives.

This week we’re taking a look back at one of our most popular webinars to-date, “Creating Powerful Prsentations” w/presentation guru and author of Slide:ology, Nancy Duarte.

Just a quick reminder, Karl Gude’s one-hour, online VizThinkU webinar is next Tuesday, October 27th @ 11am EST. Karl spent 25 years visualizing information for various large news organizations including The Associated Press and Newsweek magazine. As a visual journalist, …

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

Last week we held our fifth VizThink webinar entitled “Creating Global Change with Visual Language, Thinking and Practice” – over 150 fellow VizThinkers joined facilitator Ole Qvist-Sorensen and VizThink CEO Tom Crawford for a discussion of the unprecedented financial, climate …

As we near closer to the VizThink Europe conference this October, it’s exciting to see our local communities continue to grow. Last July, all three of the active communities held events – which made for a busy month. But that …

August already? Looking back at the past month though I can understand why it went past in a blur – let me take a minute to fill you in on all the juicy details: Community Network Launched We’ve talked about …

Last week, Jamie Nast and Chuck Frey sat down with VizThink CEO Tom Crawford and over 150 fellow visual thinkers to discuss the topic of idea mapping / mind mapping, the ideas behind it and the technologies that enable people …

We’re just over a week away from our upcoming mind mapping webinar with Jamie Nast & Chuck Frey – that also means you’ve only got a few more days to share your stories of unique uses of Mind Mapping as …