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At this month’s VizThink, veteran public speaker, Jonny Goldstein (that’s me), will show you how to use visual thinking to create and deliver a powerful presentation. Afterward, we will head somewhere nearby for some food and drink.
YOU MUST RSVP BEFORE FRIDAY, NOON, SEPT 11, in order to attend the Monday, Sept 14, event. Otherwise you […]

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Notes from the Rethinking the Library event at P’unk Avenue in Philly.
The place was packed with passionate people, who sent their ideas flying around the room about the unique institution of the American Library.
Panelists included:
Jim Pecora
Maria Falgoust
Sarah Murphy
Moderator:
Nate Hill
Some threads:

The importance of diverse space within libraries (for quiet reading, […]

I love sitting across from someone who nods off on the train. They make perfect models for a quick sketch. This is part of my ongoing series of sketches of people who are using mass transit. So next time you nod off on the train, you may be my next muse.

When my friend Ariel Churi asked me to substitute for him for the first meeting of the Visual Organization and Visual Design class at Parsons School of Design, I jumped at the chance.
We created a bunch of mind maps to get them started on their first task: to create a project which communicates information […]

View from the nosebleed seats, with notes in the margins

Waiting for rush tickets in the lobby.
The two sketches above are from Ira Glass’s appearance at the Kimmel Center in Philly, January 24, 2009. Ira Glass is the executive producer and host of This American Life. Who needs a camera?
Glass gave an entertaining and moving seminar […]

I’m really getting into sketching people as I flit around on mass transit. More TransitSketches here.

I love taking mass transit—subways in particular, but ferries, buses, trains, I dig all these modes of travel. Part of the appeal is all the people arrayed in front of me as models for my sketchy purposes. I thought I’d start documenting these sketches that I make; here are the first installments. Quick little things, […]

I have decided to stop hiding my passion for visual facilitation under a rock—That’s why I have started VisualFacilitator.com. My definition of visual facilitation: helping solve problems in real time through drawing pictures.
I have been interested in visual facilitation way before I even heard the term. I got deep into Mind Mapping in the […]

(Copyright Frank Naif, used by permission)
Have you ever thought about writing a book? If you did, how would you promote it using social media? This week we will have author, Frank Naif, on the show and we are going to help him figure out how to get the word out about his new book: “Super […]

Jill Foster’s DNC Reporting Map

Jill Foster’s work/life map:
I had a blast visually facilitating a conversation with Jill Foster yesterday. First we had a conversation about her life/work goals and projects. Then we focused in depth on her objectives for her upcoming reporting gig at the Democratic National Convention.
Basically I asked her to spill […]