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Title:

Shift Happens: Moving from Words to Pictures

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Organizer:
Tom Crawford, VizThink
Description:
People are hardwired for visualization yet we rely significantly on text. Most games, graphic novels, magazines, interfaces, IKEA instructions, and many other forms of communication take advantage of people’s natural visual thinking ability. Panelists will discuss how to leverage visual techniques to improve your games, websites, movies, communications, or presentations.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What do we know about how the brain processes information?
  2. Can a story be told only with visuals?
  3. How should words and images be combined in visualization?
  4. What are the core pieces to visual language and how do you use them?
  5. What is the role of color in visual language?
  6. How does the shape and placement of images impact perception?
  7. How do you select the right images to create a particular message?
  8. What are good (and bad) examples of visualization in various media?
  9. How does globalization impact the use of visuals?
  10. What is the future of visualization?
Panelists:
Sunni Brown (sunnibrown.com), Tom Crawford, moderator (VizThink), Dave Gray (Xplane), Lee LeFever (commoncraft.com), Dan Roam (thebackofthenapkin.com)
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Other
Type:
Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
Tom Crawford
on 8/8/08
The panel is scheduled to include: Dan Roam, author of Back of the Napkin (Currently #122 in books on Amazon); Dave Gray, Founder and Chairman of Xplane (a leading visual thinking company); Lee LeFever, Founder of Common Craft (authors of the wildly popular "In Plain English" podcast series); and expert visual facilitators and Austin natives Sunni Brown and Marilyn Martin.
honoria starbuck
on 12/8/08
Please don't schedule this great panel at the same time as Dr. Sketchy's panel or the fabulous Battledecks. I must see and record all of them. See my Live Art Blogging book from last year's SXSW Interactive at
http://www.lulu.com/content/2242753
Dan Roam
on 15/8/08
Okay, I'm biased since I'm on the panel, but anything with Dave Gray and Lee LeFever has to be good.
Keith Lang
on 20/8/08
Written words have been a convenient way to encode and decode information for hundreds of years.. but we're finally at the point where the bandwidth limit to transmitting information no longer applies. There is so much to re-learn about how to express ideas using motion.

Lee LaFever's work is brilliant.
Emily Freet
on 20/8/08
Gifted panel, relevant and immediate topic... I am in!
Alan Levine
on 20/8/08
Lee Rocks! All kinds of things suggest movement towards simple graphics instructions for consumer devices. There is nothing more joyous than seeing how little it takes in terms of user manuals for apple products
Christopher Cerrudo
on 20/8/08
These are some of the most innovative explanations that are out there. They appeal to both young and old, techno savvy and newbies alike!
Robert Coombs
on 20/8/08
I have often used the work of folks on this panel (Lee in particular) to help move people in my field from our archaic self-presentation into something that approximates innovative design. CommonCraft has been a tremendous asset in one-on-one interaction for helping people to think differently about the tools they use.
Patrick O'Keefe
on 20/8/08
Lee is awesome, would love to see this make it.
Nate Pilling
on 20/8/08
I'd go even if it was just Lee, but I would love to see this panel with all these sweet panelists!
jonny goldstein
on 20/8/08
Yes! I was just thinking a panel like this would be great. Visual thinking, communicating, problem solving--all good stuff.
Peter O'Connell
on 20/8/08
book it.
Lorcan Rynne
on 20/8/08
commoncraft gets my vote.
Meg Kribble
on 20/8/08
Yes, please! The Commoncraft show is a great resource, and it would be wonderful to learn from Lee--and the other panelists, of course.
Timothy L. Johnson
on 20/8/08
Yes, count my vote for visual thinking. Lee Lefevre and Dan Roam have so much to offer.
laura johnson
on 20/8/08
Anything on visual thinking deserves time and consideration. Crawford and Company are the folks to make it happen!
Ann Smith
on 20/8/08
This will be an amazing panel!
Dick Davies
on 20/8/08
Lee LeFever has changed how we communicate. I'd really like to see him with his group!
Brian Tolle
on 20/8/08
Yes, yes, yes. Dave Gray and Dan Roam are awesome (saw both in action at the VizThink conference) and have recently become big fans of Common Craft.
yassine Sabir
on 21/8/08
Long life to Lee LeFever
Rosie Nottage
on 21/8/08
Commoncraft all the way please - advanced back to basics!!
steve kennedy
on 21/8/08
Commoncraft is one of the best things about the Internet! Lee LeFever is a HUGE talent and has made a huge impact on the way we communicate and share experiences.
Austin Kleon
on 21/8/08
This is a rad lineup for Visual Thinking.
Todd Everett
on 21/8/08
Sounds like an interesting panel. I'd definitely check it out if it made it to the lineup.
eryn whitworth
on 21/8/08
Discussion of visualizations has been lacking in the past. This panel is a step in the right direction. -Eryn the iSchooler
Doug McKechnie
on 21/8/08
This is a bridge to the future, a relevant technique for creating memory sync.
Leigh Busby
on 21/8/08
I would very interested in this topic as I have seen it in action with Sunni Brown from Bright Spot. I saw her work graphic recording magic and it made everyone who passed the office where these visuals were posted take a second look!
Carrie Layne
on 21/8/08
I am all right brain, and very interested to learn more about this process. I will definitely be in attendance for SXSW to see this panel in action!
Taylor Willingham
on 21/8/08
I'm putting this on my list. I'm fascinated by alternative ways to present information, capture a dialogue, and tell a story. That's what this really is!
Sherry Lowry
on 22/8/08
I was introduced to this visual means of capturing (for example) keynote main points at the International Coach Federation 3 years back and have been intrigued ever since. Austin is wonderfully fortunate to now have one of the foremost chapters of the International VizThink organization helping bring their concepts to us. I've seen the work of Sunni and Marilyn and want to see more plus more of that of others!
amanda wagner
on 22/8/08
I would love to learn more about this!
Michael Peachey
on 22/8/08
nice! this panel and the other one from Dan Roam would be enough to convince me to attend.
charlene mcbride
on 22/8/08
Really, I wasn't even thinking about going to sxsw until I saw that this panel was added to the line up. This would definitely be one of those sessions that fills up real fast and leaves tons of people jammed at the door trying to get in.
Anne Webb
on 22/8/08
Absolutely fantastic topic
christopher carfi
on 22/8/08
will be there with bells on.
Steven Fearing
on 22/8/08
This panel should be great because of Sunni Brown and her company, BrightSpot Information Design. Having worked with Sunni and BrightSpot, I know they are innovative leaders in leveraging visual techniques and great contributors to the VizThink community in Austin. Marilyn Martin is "Rather Graphic" and a great part of the panel as well.
Val Castaneda
on 22/8/08
This looks to be a great topic and session
todd drake
on 22/8/08
awesome panel. Love that Dan! will be inspiring.
Mark Fortier
on 22/8/08
Dan rocked the house last year and caused a stir. Bring him back!
jamie haynes
on 23/8/08
I think this pannel in necessary to reflect the current movement towards iconography and the power of stron imagery.
Eric Beverly
on 23/8/08
I would love to see Sunni Brown and Marilyn Martin talk about visual facilitation.
Kristin Boyett
on 25/8/08
I've loved everything they've done and would LOVE the opportunity to see them in person!
Christina Bell
on 25/8/08
I just learned about this festival from Marilyn Martin & Sunni, who would be on the panel. I definitely think you should have this panel, since it features leading thinkers in the field from what I can tell. I bought Back of the Napkin recently, 'cause it looks great. Anyone working for a design-oriented business (and so many are these days) needs to seriously consider visual communication.
Nancy Duarte
on 25/8/08
Absolutely have Tom and team facilitate a session. It's enlightening and useful for bot personal and professional application!
Danny Canarick
on 25/8/08
I think this is a great topic and deserves to be apart of the program.
Marcia Mayper
on 28/8/08
Finally we are seeing the power of visual learning!
Maria Mahar
on 28/8/08
Yes! My team does not understand text based training for our new environmental compliance software. I need ideas and help!
Ethan Winters
on 29/8/08
I can't tell you how much the Google Reader in Plain English video has helped me help other people I work with keep up to date.
Maria Mahar
on 30/8/08
As a an underground proponent of visual thinking, I'm a big believer in this topic. Imagery is everywhere yet there is not enough cogent and intelligent discussion about the critical role visualization plays in our lives.
Blair Rorani
on 8/12/08
That sounds like the dream team of visual thinking - sounds like a great idea!
Rake Back
on 6/3/09
This is certainly a fantastic topic. Images are probably more powerful than words, this is why there is the expression "one image is worth one thousand words". But ultimately we have to use words as well. So mixing them optimally will definitively improve your message.
air jordans
on 18/8/09
Another vote from me, drupal design is something the community can't get enough of.
free games
on 24/10/09
nice! this panel and the other one from Dan Roam would be enough to convince me to attend.
Games Online
on 3/11/09
Killer ideas for a panel
Art Directory
on 8/11/09
I rely so much on text on the web but I notice that I'm attracted to good visual presentations through graphics. That helps me to stay more on the site.
blu ray ripper
on 13/11/09
Sounds like it will be a very interactive panel... like the style.
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