Sketchnotes - Virtuous and Vicious Cycles

I have always admired the work of the Public Conversations Project, so I was delighted to sketch note during the presentation of one of their Senior Associates. Maggie Herzig discussed the cycles (both virtuous and vicious) that occur during challenging group processes and shared a case study of resolving the problem of air traffic/noise pollution over the Grand Canyon. I shared the notes with her afterward and she was thrilled. I would love to have an opportunity to work with PCP. They do amazing work for society and conduct very difficult dialogues with a proven track record of success. A very impressive group of people.

Reflective Panel

The National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation has an annual conference and this year it took place in Austin! I was part of a graphic recording team (the Dream Team!) that was there to capture content from the plenary and from the myriad of breakout groups. The topics related to mediation, public policy, non-violent communication, etc. - all topics related to raising the standard of personal and public conversations. The image above is a live capture of the closing reflective panel.

VOIS Social Networking and Global Commerce

VOIS is the first website of its kind and my client needed to show it. The purpose of this piece is to give VOIS an infographic that describes not only what VOIS does but how it does it. It's the first sCommerce website in the world, which means it's the first site that combines the social networking tools of Facebook with the service providing tools of eLance.com. I met these guys during SXSW and the project gradually evolved into a computer-illustrated presentation piece they could use when talking to venture capitalists. It was a great experience and we are now moving into animation with another start-up company called Say It Visually. This is the final version of a graphic I posted earlier.

Texas Tobacco Summit

A recent mind map/graphic recording I did with UT Austin at their annual Texas Tobacco Summit. UT, in partnership with the Texas Department of Human Services and the federal government, is in the midst of a major initiative to prevent and curb smoking among various populations. I graphically recorded the presentation content of 6 coalitions in Texas and the participants loved it. It was a good way to display content outside of their PowerPoint presentations, and they hung this poster in the hallway for the duration of the conference so the messages were received, reinforced and discussed.

Leverage Plan Template

Just completed a template for Dell and Interaction Design, Inc. A fairly simple project, the template is 22"W x 17"H and will be printed for participant use during a Dell training session. The facilitators of the training were looking for a "wow" factor, a useful piece that was colorful, larger than standard training materials, and designed to capture content. We brainstormed some concepts and came up with this. The gear is supposed to invoke the leveraging of current Dell global initiatives.

VOIS Infographic

Whoa! I finally finished a project that was among the most complicated I've done. VOIS, which is a social networking and global commerce website (the first of its kind) saw me doing a graphic recording at SXSW and asked me to partner with them on an infographic. The challenge for this project was not only in the concept design and layout, but also in the distillation of what information needed to be displayed. VOIS is a start-up company and the guys involved are visionaries, but it was a task to have them illuminate the knowledge in their heads. I worked with them over weeks to get the right content - guiding them through BrightSpot's consulting processes - until we had what we felt was appropriate content. The is a presentation piece for venture capitalists or angel investors, to show them how VOIS works and what makes it different from other social networking or global commerce sites. I know it's busy, but when printed at the design size (tabloid), it looks good. The VOIS guys had a LOT of content they wanted on there, so the other challenge was using good design techniques to make the best of the real estate available. I really enjoyed this project and we plan to move toward an animation piece in the future.

Idea Log - Tobacco Cessation

The UT Austin Tobacco Prevention Program holds a Texas Tobacco Summit every year and this year I got the opportunity to partner with them. I was to conduct a graphic recording at the conference during coalition presentations about efforts to prevent smoking, and UT also requested that I generate an 'Idea Log.' The log was included in participant handouts and is designed to give people a space to capture ideas, actions, resources, etc. I chose a cartoon panel set-up because I wanted to show (not tell) a mini-story about the real purpose of the conference.