I am enjoying Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers. I am not wild about the book yet, but am only 55 pages into it. However the concepts being touted by the book's authors align with those I have been supporting for years: the recognition of the benefits of visual thinking and desire for increased use of that method of thought.
Here are two interviews of author Sunni Brown in which she discusses the benefits of doodling and visual thinking. First, on The Big Web Show. Show notes:
Jeffrey and Dan talk with Sunni Brown, noted information designer, about visual communication and debunk the myth that doodling is a distraction.
Next an interview with Deke. That program's description:
Martini Hour 077, In Which Deke Is Surrounded by Charming, If Foul-Mouthed, Women Who Defend Your Right to Doodle
My dear dekeArtistas, did you get in trouble for doodling when you were supposed to be paying attention in school? (I didn't, because I was all about the words, baby. But I might know a creature or two who did.) Good friend of the dekeLounge,
and recently published authoress Sunni Brown (whose book Gamestorming is storming the Amazon charts as we speak!) comes back to the lounge to explain what she actually, ahem, does for a living. Call it graphic recording, call it visual notetaking, or join Sunni's movement and call it "strategic doodling."
When I Tweeted the link to that interview, I added "Some adult language" because of the swearing. Brown responded with this Tweet: "Yes, I do tend to use curse words as emphasis and whatnot. I'm a linguist by study and find cursing totally harmless."
Her opinion about language choice has been the topic of more than one discussion this week. I've enjoyed the diverse opinions. What do YOU think?
And finally, here is Brown's TEDx UT video (in which she does not choose to curse). It is worth a watch, if you are interested in the uses and benefits of doodling.
Note: Brown's Ignite presentation on her "Doodle Revolution." (The Ignite presentation format is 20 slides, 15 seconds each slide, in 5 minutes.)
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