NibSqueak

In this episode of NibSqueak, John and Bree respond to a listener question: "How can I inspire my TEAM to use visuals?" More at: http://www.collectivenext.com/blog/inspiring-others-work-visually-podcast

If you've ever facilitated a meeting, workshop, or conference, then you may have contemplated the best way to help people get to know each other and get their creative juices flowing. In this episode, Bree and John talk about creative visual icebreakers, or rather - "Creative Juice Boxes!" More info on our website: www.nibsqueak.com

What does "visual thinking" really mean? How do some visual thinkers experience the world? How can visual thinking improve your work?

Those are the questions we're exploring this week on our podcast in Episode 16: Voyages in Visual Thinking. John and Bree talk about a few weird ways visual thinking manifests in their everyday lives - and work. They talk to their friend Matt about his uncanny ability to hear, synthesize, and organize complex conversations and ideas into succinct visual models. Matt and John offer a few practical ideas for anyone wanting to build visual thinking skills. More at: bit.ly/NS-Ep16

In this episode of NibSqueak, John and Bree talk about collaborative learning tools, including Collaborative Learning Maps. More about this episode at: bit.ly/NS-Ep15

How does your physical environment shape your ability to think creatively, collaborate effectively, and drive action? In this episode, IdeaPaint co-founder Jeff Avallon talks with Bree about the power of ubiquitous, accessible writing surfaces to liberate ideas big and small.

What's your most brilliant idea for using IdeaPaint? We're giving away an Idea Paint 100 SQFT kit (each covers 10x10 ft of space)to two lucky listeners who share their ideas in the comments on our blog post for this episode: http://www.collectivenext.com/blog/liberating-your-ideas-idea-paint-podcast

This contest will run from July 12, 2016 through July 22, 2016.

In this episode of NibSqueak, Bree and John talk with their friend Joan, who just finished solving the world's problems with a team of fifth graders, using graphic facilitation! More about this episode at: bit.ly/NS-Ep13

On this week’s episode of NibSqueak, our podcast about visual tools for working better, we’re exploring data visualization. John talks shop with Randy Krum, author of Cool Infographics and President of InfoNewt. Randy shares how he got started in the field, where he finds inspiration, and his favorite data visualization. He outlines a process for creating professional data visualizations that anyone can follow. More information about this episode is available at http://www.collectivenext.com/blog/1-2-3s-visualizing-data-podcast

Presentations are the primary mode of communication for some of the brightest and best ideas in an organization. Yet, presentation-making is not something that comes naturally to most people. Many struggle with where to even begin. On this episode, we discuss three critical, but often overlooked (or skipped), elements of powerful presentations, and present graphic facilitation tools for presentation-makers. More info about this episode is available at: http://www.collectivenext.com/blog/creating-powerful-presentations-podcas

We continue our conversation with Mike Rohde, this time with a focus on tools and technology!

In this episode of NibSqueak, we talk with Mr. Mike Rohde, leader of the Sketchnote Army, author of The Sketchnote Handbook, and all around awesome guy.