Visual Thinking Conference Supports Mobile Art Museum and Education Organization

VizThink '08 Conference - San Francisco January 27, 28 and 29


PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Bringing together leaders in visual thinking for the first time in one location, the VizThink '08 Conference (http://www.vizthink.com) is an opportunity for executives to understand ways of incorporating visualization processes into business, learning and communications strategies to gain faster and more effective results. Hosted by Portland, Ore. based VizThink LLC the conference will include breakout sessions and forums facilitated by some of the most recognized names in the visual thinking space, including Bob Horn, inventor and founder of Information Mapping's methodology, David Sibbet, graphic facilitation founder and guru, renowned author and artist Scott McCloud and award winning designer Nancy Duarte of Duarte Design, most notably known for her work in Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth. The conference will be held at the Westin San Francisco Market Street hotel from January 27-29. Registration (http://www.vizthink.com/reg.html) is open now.

"We're very excited to be holding the VizThink '08 Conference and furthering the collaboration and community between the world's best visual thinkers and corporations that can utilize their techniques," said Tom Crawford, chief executive officer, VizThink. "The event is guaranteed to be a tremendous opportunity for attendees to gain hands-on experience using visualization for collaboration, facilitation and problem solving. Attendees can also expect to learn new ways to communicate more effectively in a global society, conduct effective business analysis that leads to results, improve business processes, and enhance their ability to effectively present new ideas."

VizThink '08 Conference

As part of the uniquely hands-on conference experience, attendees will utilize various visual thinking approaches of our experts by supporting Artrain USA as they tackle a number of challenges and opportunities and witness the real-time application of these strategies and ideas. "We are excited to support a great organization such as Artrain USA," said Crawford. "The mission of Artrain USA -- to enrich lives and build communities through the arts -- aligns directly with our own mission to grow a sustainable visual thinking community. Artrain USA's ability to take world-class visual arts exhibits and educational programs directly to remote communities is both unique and powerful. We look forward to a long-standing relationship with the museum."

Over the course of three days VizThink will include an open exhibit area and over 30 interactive workshops on topics such as strategy visualization, using comics to communicate product concepts, and effective presentations. These sessions will be facilitated by industry leaders such as Karl Gude of Michigan State University, formerly with Newsweek, Dave Gray of XPLANE, Michael Martine of IBM, Tom Wujek of Autodesk, Brandon Schauer of Adaptive Path, Luke Wroblewski of Yahoo! Inc. and illustrator Bryan Christie whose pieces have appeared in Newsweek, WIRED, GQ, New York Times and Conde Nast Portfolio. We appreciate all of the support given to us by our facilitators and forward-thinking sponsors including Autodesk and BOSSdev to create such a comprehensive program agenda.

Registration to the VizThink'08 Conference is open now and can be completed by visiting http://www.vizthink.com/reg.html. For more information on VizThink, read the blog at http://www.vizthink.com/blog/ or the wiki at http://wiki.vizthink.com/. To sign up for all VizThink news, complete the online form at http://www.vizthink.com.

ABOUT VizThink LLC

Founded in 2007, VizThink is bringing together visual thinkers from around the world to create the first global, sustainable community dedicated to using and raising awareness of visualization in all forms of learning and communication. Visual thinking is a methodology, approach and a philosophy that uses pictures, graphics, images, and other forms of art to communicate or teach ideas, concepts, strategies, processes, relationships and systems. Visual thinkers include strategists, communications specialists, trainers, project managers, usability experts, sales and marketing professionals, graphic designers, interface designers, editors, programmers, artists, professors, usability experts, teachers, writers, consultants, game designers, corporate communicators, trainers and researchers. For more information about VizThink, visit www.vizthink.com or call (503) 467-7770.

About Artrain USA

Traveling to communities across the United States, Artrain USA is "America's Hometown Art Museum." A nonprofit organization, Artrain USA's mission is to enrich lives and build communities through the arts. A mobile art museum that travels, Artrain USA brings world class art exhibitions and art education programs to communities and their residents and delivers exceptional opportunities for learning, growth and art appreciation while encouraging the development of local cultural programs and organizations. Artrain USA received the 2006 National Service Award for Museums by the Institute of Museum and Library Service and its 2004 - 2007 contemporary Native American art exhibition Native Views: Influences of Modern Culture was named an American Masterpiece by the National Endowment of the Arts that same year. Founded in 1971, Artrain USA's national headquarters are in Ann Arbor, MI. Almost 3.2 million people have visited Artrain USA during more than 840 community visits across the nation.


            

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