Introducing XPRESS
Simplifying Complexity |
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Visual Thinking Insights |
Do you want to...
Make PowerPoint presentation more engaging?
Instill visual thinking practices in your workplace?
Communicate your organization's message through the use of visuals?
Incorporate powerful visuals or storytelling techniques into your speech?
Use live sketching as a brainstorming tool?
If any of these questions have crossed your mind as you struggle to
provide clarity in the midst of complexity, then XPRESS provides the
insights you need to break out of the usual information clutter,
communicate more effectively, and
generate strong results along the way.
Brought to you by XPLANE, a global consulting and design firm that
drives results through visual communications, XPRESS is packed with
visual thinking techniques. XPRESS answers questions; challenges your
thought process, educates,
encourages creativity, and provides you with an introduction to the
visual thinking community. XPRESS will help you incorporate visual
thinking techniques into your daily life. It identifies the power of
visualization for learning and
communication. It seeks to prove visual thinking as the most prominent
universal language.
XPRESS also highlights the creative director's pick of the month to
display XPLANE's most noteworthy and innovative projects. The client
interview section features prominent clients and their unique
experience using visual thinking as a
way to understand and communicate information.
See how visual communications can deliver new insights to meet the
important business challenges you seek, as we strive to simplify
complexity.
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Communication Nation Blog
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VizThink
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xBlog
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UNICEF: A World FIT FOR US |
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Pictures Become a Powerful Universal Language |
What better way to communicate to the world's children about critical
issues than through pictures? XPLANE recently completed a unique,
challenging, and rewarding project with the United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF). XPLANE's diverse
team of designers, project managers, and illustrators came together to
develop the illustrated report "A World Fit For Us."
click here to view "A World Fit for Us" pdf
Published by UNICEF, "A World Fit For Us" is aimed at young people
around the world and details the state of, and progress around, some of
today's most pressing issues through the personal stories of 19 youth.
The report is UNICEF's
promised follow up to the more than 400 children from over 150
countries who participated in the United Nations Special Session on
Children held in New York in May 2002 and expressed their visions for
the future. The report is hoped to be
an educational and empowerment tool for years to come.
Twenty-four pages in length and printed in English, Spanish, French
and soon Japanese, "A World Fit For Us" shares true stories that range
from addressing the issues of war, health care, HIV and AIDS, the
environment, education, and
poverty. Aside from offering updates on key world conflicts five years
following the Special Session, the book also provides ideas for action
moving forward. The report was unveiled on Dec. 9 through UNICEF field
offices in over 150
countries and UNICEF national committees in 35 industrialized
countries.
The UNICEF project represents just the latest in XPLANE's work to
promote conversation for change in regards to advancing the lives of
children. Most recently, the company produced the
Did You Know? 2.0
presentation with educator Karl Fisch to advance discussion on how to
better educate today's youth for a continually shifting world.
"Images are a powerful tool for communication and learning," said
Aric Wood, chief executive officer of XPLANE. "XPLANE is committed to
applying that tool in all areas needed - from driving business results
for our clients to discussing
world issues we believe need to be shared."
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Making complicated things simple is a process and an art form to XPLANE. |
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Philippe Barreaud, Michelin Chief Enterprise Architect
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Results of the Michelin Learning Map and Training Program
Learning map was translated into more than 10 languages
Large scale global distribution
Created a project management game derived from the learning map
Strong participation and acceptance from global Michelin teams
Learning map displayed in every office and used frequently as a reference point
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