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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When:May 12, 6:30 PM
What: If you want to get a taste of how you can plan projects easier and better by drawing pictures, join me in this mini workshop I am leading at the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication.
I just ran a similar mini-workshop at the Maryland Society for Educational Technology conference [...]

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This is a sped up video of me creating large scale visual notes of a keynote at a recent conference. The speaker, Chris Lehmann talked about “School 2.0,” which, it turns out, draws heavily on what education pioneers have preached for over 100 years: let the students do things that matter. The event was the [...]

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Here are three videos of me doing graphic recording of high school principal Chris Lehmann’s keynote address at the 2011 Maryland Society for Educational Technology conference. The first video is sped up, the other two videos are the first and second halves of Chris Lehmann’s keynote audio with the visual of me creating the [...]

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It was my pleasure to create large scale visual notes at the 2011 Making Sparks event for the Sprout Fund. The event is designed to stimulate thinking and discussion to prepare people to apply for grants to develop projects “That engage children ages birth to 8 through the creative use of technology and media.” The [...]

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SketchNotes by Jonny Goldstein, envizualize.com
I created several pages of SketchNotes during John Thackara’s talk at Carnegie Lecture Hall in Pittsburgh where he talked about appropriate use of design and technology.
What is the BEST way for designers to positively address problems? For example, he discussed how designers can contribute to make a difference in the UK [...]

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