I have been writing professionally for more than 15 years.
Today I write about a variety of topics including social impact, systems change, ethics, leadership, collaboration, communications, creativity, and culture.
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I’ve written for 20+ publications, including The Design Justice Network and the Field Guide to Climate Design.
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This 37-page research-backed digital book is about how visuals, and graphic facilitation specifically, can engage individuals and improve group trust and productivity. With more than 30 references, it includes both theoretical and practical information on the importance and many benefits of using visual tools to support collaborative communications and processes.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was the kind of leader we might get once in a century, the kind that knows how to use the tools of communication and marketing to fulfill a noble purpose. We all know that King was an educated preacher, an incredible writer, a moving speaker, a husband, a father, and a friend. What's worth considering more is that he was also a masterful marketer and his success was attributable to his ability to do what all successful marketers must.
Read MoreWe are living in the golden age of information. Not just because there is so much we can easily find at our fingertips but because there is such incredible potential to be generating relevant information as well. All for virtually free. I'd like to share the most useful dashboards I've found thus far that reflect both of these capacities.
Read MoreThink your real problem is lack of resources, of time, money, or skills? It may be even bigger than that. The biggest problems are usually the most invisible (and therefore the hardest to solve too). And when you do start to see the forest through the trees, they can seem insurmountable. But for those of us interested in impact, these problems are also the ones worth taking all the risks to solve.
Read MoreWelcome to the last blog in my Show and Tell Tuesday series, which so far has featured 24 types of visuals for showing all sorts of information, from systems to people to amounts to time. The final three mentioned here are an assortment of fun ones I just couldn't end the series without mentioning.
Read MoreFor the magical number seven in this series, I'm featuring an in-depth look at three types of bar charts using data on flooding. The term "bar chart" typically refers to showing categorical data (like colors, countries, objects, etc.) but these visuals use the bar to show a variety of concepts.
Read MoreFinally: some visuals that show numbers! These fun visuals show amounts within amounts so they are great for comparing numbers within sums of all kinds. They are also a bit more challenging to create.
Read MoreReady to learn about more fun visuals? This week features some unique maps that show the power of language. Although they appear to be rudimentary tools, I will show you that they can be applied to more advanced tasks.
Read MoreWelcome back to my series of fun visuals to know and use. This week I've got a few really fun ones and they have to do with one of my personal favorite things to show and tell about: systems!
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