1st ViZthink Lille evening on Tuesday 10 March 2010. All details on www.vizthink.fr

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How can you visualize, record, and communicate a complex process in a way that’s universal and easy to understand? The answer may be found in the ancient art of Origami.

Since the 8th century, Origami has not only been developed as an art form, but also a powerful discipline to help translate complex processes into simple instructions. And, it’s pretty damn fun to do!

Join VizThink NYC for our 2012 kick-off event with guest presenter and Interaction Designer Daniel Stillman. In this fun, hands-on, interactive workshop, you’ll learn the ancient art of Origami, and also explore a new visual language in Origami diagramming. We’ll create some great models (fun in and of itself!) and leave with a set of our own hand-drawn diagrams – helping us become more effective visual thinkers and communicators.

Please RSVP for this VizThink NYC event, and stay in the loop on future events by signing up here:  http://www.meetup.com/VizThink-NYC/events/53001082/

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V + E = DIT

(Visuals + Experiential = Divergent Inspirational Thinking)

Visuals for Change’s own Amanda Lyons will lead VizThink NYC’s next event, an excursion in Central Park, where we will break out of the office and into the great outdoors.

This engaging outdoor event will highlight both individual and group processes through reflection and other visual + experiential activities that you can add to your tool box. We will find new reasons to appreciate our surroundings. We will ask questions about the cultural assumptions that propel us through our every day. We will share and gain new perspectives. The reflection, drawing, photography and visualization at this event might even inspire you to action! Come visualize with us!

Bring friends, a water bottle and wear closed toed shoes. Optional items to bring: camera, sketchbook, and snacks to share. This is a free event, however if you feel compelled to donate a few dollars towards reserving the space in the park that would be ok too. See you in the park!

When

July 19, 2011 from 6-8pm

Where

Heckscher Picnic Area in Central Park

6500 West Dr.

New York, NY 10023

(South West Central Park near 65th St)

About out Facilitator

Amanda Lyons is the founder of Visuals for Change, a visual facilitation consultancy whose purpose is to serve clients via engaging experiences, dialogue, and visualizing the unfolding art of business and its ever-changing variables. Amanda is a master of the art of unconventional presentation with a passion for teaching folks how to present well. As a Lead Instructor for Outward Bound, Amanda revitalized her presentation style towards facilitation, sharing the belief that ‘learning by doing’ is the way to go. Visuals for Change performs graphic facilitation and other visual activities at conferences, meetings, and events.

Please register at http://vedit.eventbrite.com/

Admission is free!

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Visualisation Rennes

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VizThink NYC Summer Social

Come out and get to know the community of New York area visual thinkers for an evening of socializing as we gear up for another great summer in the city.

Join us for a casual evening of food, drink, and fun, including:

• Sketchbook Show & Tell – Bring yours, check out others. It’s always a treat to peek inside someone else’s sketchbook, as well as to share the doodles, notes, and thinking in yours.
• Pen Swap – Got a pen, pencil, or maker you love and want to share? Bring a couple to swap with other pen geeks.
• Napkin Sketching – We’ll be sure to have a few stacks of napkins to jot down your ideas on.
• Graffiti Wall – Contribute your doodles to a wall of paper… and we will share the end results with the community.

When

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

6:00-9:00 p.m.

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Challenge

Usually when I go to an event, I grab my sketchbook and bag of markers, plop down in a comfortable seat, and write down what I hear, illustrating points when I have the inspiration. When I decided to attend TEDxBloomington, I went into it knowing I wanted to stretch my skills by synthesizing rather than transcribing the speakers’ content. I wanted to illustrate main points and not worry about capturing all the details. This was a challenge because I’m a detail-person by nature.

Preparation and Set-Up

I made sure to read over the event program and get a feel for the theme, “Wisdom of Play,” in advance. Awesome theme, right? I was excited to hear the talks so I got there early to grab a front row seat of a back section in the Buskirk-Chumley theatre. Away from the front to avoid distracting the speaker, but close enough to feel like part of the audience.

I snatched a regular chair that was stacked near the front of the auditorium, I don’t even know why they were there but it was perfect for me to store my markers and sketchbook on the chair in front of my seat. With the lights low, I couldn’t see which colors I was picking. Luckily, I had just seen Mike Rohde’s genius idea of using a tap light via Twitter. I propped my little tap light on its side in my pen bag and went nuts.

TEDxBloomington proper

Even with all the awesome breaks we had in-between the different tracks of Wisdom, Learning, Creativity, and Play, by the end of the day I could tell I was slowing down. With all the live talks and official TED videos, I think we saw almost thirty speakers. Don’t quote me on that.

The thing with synthesizing content versus transcribing exactly what you hear, is that you have to hear the information, roll that information around in your brain so you can put it in your own words, figure out how you can visualize that information with stick figures and colors, and then actually follow through and draw it. All without missing the next bit of information that might contribute to the core of the talk.

It’s no wonder you can get exhausted by the end of an intense day of speakers and synthesizing. Pretty convenient that it’s the best kind of exhaustion, where you get to learn, be creative, and have something to show for it.

Final Result

In the end, I had a lot of fun trying new things like the tap light and having a makeshift table for my markers. The tap light was indispensable. I would not have been able to see my markers or sketchbook page without it. In the end, focusing on the core of each talk helped me sustain creativity longer, because I wasn’t buried in the details. I kept telling myself, “Keep the images simple, rely on stick figures.”

Enough talking from me. Here are my two pages of sketchnotes from the event. Click the images to view details.

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