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VizThink Philly 7: Visualizing Group Purpose With Humantic Design

Friday, February 26th, 2010

RSVP HERE In the upcoming VizThink, we will look at some processes and visual tools to make group collaboration more productive. Justin Witman and Fraser Marshall will lead a mini-workshop on visualizing individual character and group profiles, which can then be used to find collective group purpose. When a group has a ...

VizThink Philadelphia Show and Tell Recap

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

(video summary of the event) Had a great turnout for VizThink Philly's December 16 show and tell. The format was simple. First a little mix and mingle accompanied by flowchart cookies. Then Julia Pellicciaro managed the flow of the show and tell activity, where attendees talked for a few minutes about what ...

VizThink Philly Show and Tell and Holiday Party, Dec. 16

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

VizThink Philadelphia invites you to participate in our speed show and tell and holiday party. RSVP Here to attend What: A chance for you to share your work, how you use visual thinking, or just what you are interested in, with the VizThink Philadelphia community. And a great opportunity to learn about ...

VizThink Philly 5: ImageThink’s Graphic Recording Mini-Workshop

Monday, October 26th, 2009

(Heather Willems discussing her graphic recording process ) The ImageThink team demonstrated the power of graphic recording at their appearance at VizThink Philadelphia. After demonstrating their technique and fielding questions, they had attendees pair up and do graphic recording for each other. (VizThink attendee, Livia Labate records her partner's story) They ...

RSVP for VizThink Philly 5: Graphic Recording With ImageThink, Weds, Oct 21

Monday, October 12th, 2009

RSVP Here RSVP to Join Nora Herting and Heather Willems of Image Think to learn about the emerging field of graphic recording. Nora and Heather travel North America drawing real-time murals interpreting what people say at meetings and conferences. Graphic recording helps identify patterns in conversation, clarifies themes, and creates a ...

VizThink Philadelphia Takes Visual Thinking to the Streets

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

(Bianca Cevoli looks on as people pour their thoughts onto paper at the SketchPark) On September 18, 2009 VizThink Philadelphia created a mini-park on a busy street where pedestrians could stop and draw. They called it the SketchPark. The SketchPark was one of hundreds of temporary parks around the world created ...

VizThink Philly 4 Recap: Jonny Goldstein on using visual techniques for public speaking

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

(Above: Image of the Graphic Recording of Jonny Goldstein's mini-workshop on using visual techniques for public speaking, created by Nora Herting of Image Think.) Vizthink Philadelphia conducted it's 4th event last Monday, Sept 14, at Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania. Jonny Goldstein led a mini-workshop on using visual techniques to ...

VizThink Philly 4: A Visual Approach to Public Speaking. Sept 14, 2009.

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

“ The number one fear of people isn’t dying, it’s public speaking.” — Detective Richie Roberts, American Gangster At this month's VizThink,  Jonny Goldstein, will show a visual thinking approach to preparing and delivering an engaging presentation. As one who has given many a speech, Jonny can report that public speaking beats dying, ...

Visit VizThink Philly’s SketchPark for PARK(ing) Day, Fri, Sept 18

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

"PARK(ing) Day is an annual, one-day, global event where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks." As part of PARK(ing) Day VizThink Philly will be creating the SketchPark in a a parking space at 1625 Chestnut in Center City Philadelphia ...

Steve Cherches and Dean Meyers Rocked VizThink Philly 3

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

NYC based VizThinkers Steve Cherches and Dean Meyers led activities for 30 people at VizThink Philly's July gathering. Steve led an exploration of what visual thinking is, while Dean showed us how to plan a project using 5 diagrams in 15 minutes. Thanks to all who came out , and special ...