Where: AVA Lounge, 5972 Baum Blvd. Map
When:7PM
Tickets: $5 at the door
I am looking forward to giving a picture talk at Pecha Kucha Pittsburgh 10, Student/Faculty edition. This episode of Pecha Kucha is for students and faculty of any university. Undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty from multiple universities pulse their intellectual energies throughout the Pittsburgh [...]

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It was a pleasure and honor to be invited to speak at TEDx LeadershipPittsburgh a few weeks ago. The conference theme was “Power” in all it’s permutations. This video shows my talk “A Nomads View of Power.”
You can see videos of all the excellent talks here, assembled by the good folks at Leadership Pittsburgh.

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I am thrilled that the International Forum of Visual Practitioners 2012 conference will be happening in my current hometown, Pittsburgh, the City of Bridges. Pittsburgh holds the world record for number of bridges, edging out Venice by four bridges. I think this is very appropriate to the IFVP conference, as we help our clients connect [...]

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Envizualize is going intercontinental next week. I will give the wrap up presentation at the Technia PLM forum in Stockholm after capturing the conversations with large scale visual notes.
Here is the welcome statement from Technia CEO, Jonas Gejer:
Technia Innovation Forum is about how PLM software solutions can help your company, regardless of industry, to become [...]

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Had a blast being part of Pecha Kucha Night Pittsburgh, Vol 8. I enjoyed everybody’s talks, and was honored to test out a new slideshow talk of my own on the packed-in audience.
Unfortunately I did not hand my camera off to someone to get a pic of myself rocking the mic. Anybody got a [...]

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These are the visual notes I created during the Power of 32 Steering Committee Leadership Meeting that took place 6-22-2011.
View gallery of the visual notes here.
***Note: This is a snapshot of the conversation at this point in the Power of 32 process–not a definitive to do list.***
The Power of 32 is an unprecedented regional initiative [...]

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(Benefits of using pictures to plan projects)
Complete photoset from last night here)
It was my pleasure to give a mini-workshop for the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication last night. We focused on using pencil on paper drawing and diagraming techniques to plan projects. Each participant picked a project they were working on. [...]

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