PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 3, 2007 (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 the distinguished Bob Horn from Stanford University, renowned author and artist Scott McCloud, award winning designer Nancy Duarte of Duarte Design, most notably known for her work in Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth, and Nigel Holmes formerly with Time magazine. 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. 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."
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.
"The VizThink '08 Conference is intended to be the first of many events and discussions about visual thinking amongst leaders in the learning, communications and business fields," said Crawford. "Our goal is to create a sustainable community for thought leaders to share, expand and implement visualization techniques that in turn generate faster business results."
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.