To the D-School, and Beyond!

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I'm super excited to be teaching a "PopShop" class on Visual Thinking this winter at the D-School with Alli McKee of Blot, Inc. Our class will be focusing on how Visual Thinking and Communication can play a crucial role in multi-stakeholder systems, and we plan to introduce students to the future of productivity through the use of digital drawing and collaborative tools. We quickly threw together a flyer for potential students to check out for a "pitch night" which you can check out below. 

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Blast from the Past: Building a Digital Brand

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Blast from the Past: Building a Digital Brand

In January 2014 I graphically recorded a roundtable on building your digital brand. It was an internal event at Deloitte that was planned, hosted, and attended by people interested in the topic. 

I remembered this event today after reading about how Twitter changed a key element of their functionality from "Favorites" to "Likes". 

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Skillshare Class Behind the Scenes

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Skillshare Class Behind the Scenes

This summer I was approached by Fifty Three and Skillshare about an opportunity to create a free course on data visualization using Paper (the app). If you aren't familiar with Skillshare, it is an online learning community for creators. They have a ton of great classes on any topic you can think of, taught by experts in a field, with spaces for their community of students to post projects and share ideas. I had taken a few classes on Skillshare, and was thrilled to have an opportunity to develop a course in an area where Skillshare is trying to expand: creativity in business. 

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Book Report: Big Magic

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Book Report: Big Magic

I recently finished reading (i.e. listening to) "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert. She has a perspective on creativity that speaks differently than many of the other more "practical" books that I have read on the topic. I thought about writing a review, and then I realized there are probably plenty of those out there already. Also, what do I know about writing a book review?

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Month 1 of Catherine Madden LLC

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Month 1 of Catherine Madden LLC

Just about four weeks have passed since I left my job at Deloitte. I haven't accomplished quite as much as I'd hoped, but life happens and you just do your best to keep moving forward. Here's a summary of my excitement, distraction, and anxiety levels over the course of these weeks with some key events that contributed to these things. We are just trying to enjoy the ride as much as possible along these waves.  

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