About Catherine
Hello! I’m Catherine Madden (AKA @catmule). I’m trying my best to shape a more connected, imaginative, and creative world.
I do this in my work as a visual storyteller, design strategist, facilitator, and sense maker for teams and organizations who are looking to move in alignment towards a big and bold vision. When I guide teams through a collective story shaping process, facilitate gatherings, or co-create artifacts, I’m also practicing and teaching visual thinking fundamentals to help expand our ability to communicate and connect.
I do this outside of work as a community tarot reader, animal assisted therapy volunteer, nature explorer, amateur roller skater, craft party host, gardener, vegan baker, and network weaver.
Partners, Colleagues, and Co-Learners
Working independently rarely means working alone. A large community of creative minds help craft the stories I help shape with clients. My trusted and dreamy partner list includes Flight Design Co., Stamen Design, Graphicacy, Dan Roam, RJ Andrews (Info We Trust), Eugene Kim (Faster Than 20), Motiio Media, and Emily Mitnick
Media
Podcasts & Streams
Pollinate Podcast (hosting with guests Shirley Wu, Heather Krause, Carissa Carter, and RJ Andrews)
Dream Projects on Doodle Therapy with Alice Lee (Adobe Live)
Map Making on Doodle Therapy with Alice Lee (Adobe Live)
storytelling with data podcast with Cole Nussbaumer-Knalfic (scroll down the page or search for my name)
Draw Together with Dan Roam
The Type A Creative with Jenni Heffernan-Brown
PolicyViz Podcast chat with Jon Schwabish
Sketchnote Army Podcast with Mike Rohde
AFP Conversations Podcast with Ira Apfel
Speaking and Teaching
Guest Lecturer: Stanford University “Design of Data” Course (2023)
Guest Lecturer: Boston University Freshman Rhetoric Program (2021, 2022)
Mathematics Education Institute: Featured Workshop and National Data Doodling Contest Host + Judge (2021)
Drawing Data to Communicate Ideas, Sketchnotes, Visual Résumés on Skillshare (2015–2017)
"My Relationship with Data" Lightning Talk (2018)
TEDx CIA speaker (2016)
Tapestry Data Storytelling Conference Speaker (2016)
"Five Things" presentation at Data Viz DC (2015)
Articles
The Power of Drawing interview on Rash Design Talks, 2020
WePresent Artist Feature, 2020
A new sketching platform is designed to help adults get over the fear of drawing, 2019
9 Tips for Better Data Visualisations, 2017 (Heart Internet)
The Best People to Follow on Twitter for #dataviz, 2017 (Datalabs)
Top Data Visualization Trends in 2017 (Infogram)
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