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SenseMaker Dialogs Coming Soon!

Published on May 28, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

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SenseMaker Dialogs is a new speaker series focused on the rapidly changing hybrid activity of SenseMaking in the 21st century. Organized by the Humantific team in New York, SenseMaker Dialogs will celebrate and share views into the revolutionary wave in sensemaking that is underway in our increasingly complicated world.

Leading SenseMakers today are already involved in much more than data and information visualization. SenseMakers have become integral to many forms of change making occurring around the world.

The boundaries of what sensemaking is and what sensemakers do is in a state of rapid transformation like never before. SenseMaker Dialogs will explore these multi-dimensional shifts.

Each talk will feature two thought leaders engaged in exploring the boundaries of sensemaking (speaker list TBD). The first SenseMaker Dialogs session is tentatively scheduled for mid-July in New York. These will be bi-monthly mid-week evening sessions from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Space will be limited.

Online registration will be opening soon. If you would like to get on the early registration list, send an email to programs (at) humantific (dot) com with “SenseMaker Dialogs” as the subject.

Join the group SenseMaker Dialogs on Facebook!

Visual SenseMaking Workshop Wraps

Published on May 19, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .
Humantific’s Visual SenseMaking Workshop wrapped up on Saturday at Pratt Institute in New York. Taught by CoFounder Elizabeth Pastor the workshop focused on Visual SenseMaking in the context of organizations. An enthusiastic group that included numerous graduates of NextD innovation workshops spent the day learning how to create their own visual thinking toolbox, unpack complexity and construct strategic stories.


Some Feedback from Participants:
“A great experience”
“On a scale of one to ten : 10″
“Extremely helpful”
“Helps me understand how to map patterns with diagrams”
“Most meaningful: Triggers diagramming words!”
“Everything was useful”
“Most meaningful: Mapping each other”
“Will help me work with my students to frame thesis problems”
“I begin to see how Humantific visualizes complex concepts”
“How can I get really good at this?”

The next Visual SenseMaking workshop will be in Barcelona later this summer.

If you would like to be notified about our future Visual SenseMaking workshops send an email to: programs (at) humantific (dot) com with workshops as the subject.

What is Visual SenseMaking?
Visual SenseMaking is the activity of making sense of ambiguous complex
situations through visual methods and tools including words, images,
drawings, diagrams, charts, graphs, etc. This involves not only visual thinking,
but creating visual ordering systems.

While the skill of Visual SenseMaking can be broadly applied to many life
situations on planet earth, in Humantific workshops we focus on Visual SenseMaking in the context of organizations, organizational situations, systems, processes,
challenges, opportunities, etc.

Is Humantific Visual SenseMaking different?
Yes! The Visual SenseMaking that we teach is not about drawing conversations.
We overlay an adaptable problem solving logic that makes for a much more
robust toolkit applicable to serious business challenges of all types. This
workshop takes you inside the world of Visual SenseMaking at Humantific.
Previously only offered as part of our extensive Complexity Navigation Program,
this new one-day stand-alone session is geared for business leaders who seek
to get started on the road to becoming a Visual SenseMaker. 

Visual Thinkers Sync in California!

Published on May 19, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Humantific CoFounder, Elizabeth Pastor spent two great days in California recently with a small group of visual thinking leaders creating a common vision and manifesto of what Visual Thinking can help you do differently. It was a pleasure to be there with a great group: Tom Wujek, Nancy Duarte, David Sibbet, Dave Gray, Michelle Mallot, Tom Crawford. Thanks Tom Wujek for bringing us together and to Nancy Duarte for hosting us at Duarte Design.

Stay tuned for our Visual Thinking Manifesto Video! 

Visual SenseMaking Intro Workshop

Published on March 31, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

May 16, 2009 | New York City | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Taught by Elizabeth Pastor, Co-founder and Partner, Humantific

SuperCharging Business Thinking!
For more than ten years, the Humantific team has been helping business leaders make sense of complex business challenges and opportunities utilizing its hybrid Visual SenseMaking toolbox. With extensive experience working with organizations, we understand that before meaningful ChangeMaking occurs, meaningful SenseMaking needs to occur.

Join us in our first-ever public Visual SenseMaking Intro Workshop on May 16th!

Registration: $550 per person ($500 pre-registration by April 20).

Additional Info: Download this pdf for more details or e-mail us at
workshops (at) humantific.com (please use the subject heading Visual SenseMaking).

Visual SenseMaking at Liquidnet

Published on March 18, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Last week the Humantific team began a series of Visual SenseMaking Workshops for cross-disciplinary groups at Liquidnet in New York.

For more than ten years, the Humantific team has been helping business leaders make sense of complex business challenges and opportunities utilizing its hybrid Visual SenseMaking toolbox. Believing that such skills supercharge business thinking we are now offering Visual SenseMaking skill-building workshops to our clients. Business leaders in many industries are bolting these powerful skills unto their existing toolsets and changing the nature of cross-disciplinary communication in many companies.

What is Visual SenseMaking?

Visual SenseMaking is the activity of making sense of ambiguous complex situations through visual methods and tools including words, images, drawings, diagrams, charts, graphs, etc. This involves not only visual thinking, but creating visual ordering systems.

While the skill of Visual SenseMaking can be broadly applied to many life situations on planet earth, we focus on Visual SenseMaking in the context of organizations, organizational situations, systems, processes, challenges, opportunities, etc.

Visual SenseMaking Workshops are an integral part of Humantific’s Complexity Navigation Program.

We build real hands-on skills through experiential learning.

Feedback

Recent Participant FeedBack from Visual SenseMaking Workshops:

“All Humantific workshops are life changing”

“Great insights, Great experience”

“A fun, engaging, impactful, meaningful day”

“Great facilitation”

“I now get why being able to visually communicate is so important”

“Highly recommended, Wish it was longer”

“I love the term sensemaking. It encompasses really what is going on”

“Can’t wait to take the other workshops”

“A great foundation for visual communication literacy”

“It’s a set of skills that every modern professional should have”

Open Session

There is an OPEN Visual SenseMaking Workshop upcoming in New York on May 16, 2009.

To register call 212-699-6441 or send an email to workshops (at) humantific (dot) com.

See more here!

Those interested in this subject can also join the Social SenseMaking Group on Facebook!