The Conversation

Hosted by Dan Benjamin.

A talk show featuring discussions with special guests, the latest tech and development news, and your calls. The show is streamed live every Wednesday at 1:00PM ET, and then released as audio and video podcasts.

Episode 20: Visual Thinking


Published on June 17th, 2010 Video hosting & analytics by Wistia
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Show Notes

Dan Benjamin is joined by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and Mike Rohde to discuss visual thinking, visual note-taking, and the “doodle revolution.” They discuss how something as simple as a drawing can change how we communicate concepts and ideas more directly, and how this is beginning to change how people to business.

Dave Gray is the Founder and Chairman of XPLANE, the visual thinking company. He is also a founding member of VizThink, an international community of Visual Thinkers.

Sunni Brown is the owner of BrightSpot Info Design, a company specializing in visual thinking to support organizational and group success. She is an Associate of The Grove, a freelance consultant for XPLANE, an Associate of Alphachimp Studios, and co-Founder of VizThink Austin.

Mike Rohde is an art director, user experience designer, working for Gomoll Research + Design, a user experience research and design firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is well known for his real-time sketchnotes at conferences like SXSW Interactive, SEED, and An Event Apart, and for his work on the recent 37 Signals book, Rework.


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