Monday Afternoon General Session

Date: Monday, January 28, 2008
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Room: Metropolitan Ballroom

Description

Hands-on Visual Thinking Activities

Ethics in Visual Thinking

Donna Kienzler head shot

Karl Gude headshot Bryan Christie head shot

It’s not enough to learn what visual thinking is about or even how to do it. Visualization is a powerful technique. Every choice we make can have an influence on people’s perceptions about the topic we’re conveying. What we choose to include, what we choose to exclude, and how we choose to represent it all can cause wild swings in people’s opinions. With great power also comes great responsibility. We'll interview Donna Kienzler and our panel of experts including Karl Gude, Nigel Holmes, Bryan Christie, and John Grimwade. Each will draw from their own experiences as well as examples from across the industry to demonstrate the ethical dilemmas we face every day.

Session Media

Karl Gude Examples:

Nigel Holmes Examples:

John Grimwade Examples:

Bryan Christie Examples:

New Technologies in Visual Thinking

Digital visualization tools are evolving at a blistering pace and are touching almost every industry, from architecture and product design, through financial management and energy exploration, to science and art. Tom Wujec will present a broad survey of the state of the art of digital visualization tools and reflect on their impact on enhancing understanding, engaging emotional connection and improving decision-making - ultimately, the goals of effective visualization. Be prepared to be dazzled by the convergence and evolution of visual communication and evolving digital technologies.

Session Media

Comments

Drawings from this session from graphic facilitator, Brandy Agerbeck:

Ethics in Visual Thinking

Donna Kienzler

Karl Gude, Nigel Holmes, John Grimwade, Bryan Christie,

New Technologies in Visual Thinking
Tom Wujec

Two additional references which may be of interest:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics - A great book on "lying" with statistics and how people do it
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U - A video of a random person showing how much images are manipulated

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