2013 10-17 world usability congress visual-virus_brittaullrich
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The document provides examples from various employees on how they use visuals and drawing in their work to enhance memory, focus, communication, and fun. It shows pictures drawn for planning, meetings, presentations, workshops, certificates, and more. Employees found that visuals helped explain concepts better than words, made processes easier to understand, improved remembering key facts, and helped new people connect at meetings. The document encourages the use of visuals and drawing at work and questions whether others have had similar experiences.
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2013 10-17 world usability congress visual-virus_brittaullrich
- 1. Watch out! High risk of infection: the “visual virus” at work. Britta Ullrich Senior UX Manager & Visual Trainer October 17, 2013
- 2. Enhance your memory, focus and fun at work!
- 3. Crash course in visual language @ WUC!
- 4. You might be asked… Drawing at work? YES! Source: customsouthparks.com
- 6. Some hands on examples … “I add post-its for planning and flexibility.” Susanne, Senior HR Manager & Agile Admirer
- 7. Some hands on examples … “With the visual profile meeting new people was great fun.” @ Vizthink.de meetup in Hamburg, Germany
- 8. “I use visuals as a time schedule to navigate through the meeting.” Sandra, Team Lead User Care
- 9. “It’s about being fast – mistakes happen.” ;)
- 10. “It was our 1st anniversary using Kanban – an appreciation & a great laugh for the team.” Friederike, Community Manager & Agile Kanban Coach
- 11. “This picture was a present and motivator for the team!” Susanne, Senior HR Manager & Agile Admirer
- 12. “We didn’t want to bore our colleagues with PPT slides. ” Ulrike, Director User Care
- 13. “We were under pressure to meet deadlines and had to present to the whole department.” Daniel, Team Lead User Care
- 14. “Hand-made drawings are more personal and help the audience to remember the story!” Timm, CPO
- 15. “Easy to draw, but has a lot more impact than just writing down the words.” Leonie, Visual Designer
- 16. “Promoting the option to take part in our regular in-house Agile workshops worked really well.” Susanne, Senior HR Manager & Agile Admirer
- 17. Some hands on examples … “This picture explains the exercise much better than words can.” Susanne, Senior HR Manager & Agile Admirer
- 18. “The participants appreciated the hand-drawn certificate for our internal Agile workshop.” Sabrina, Project Management Student
- 19. “The new testing concept was understood really quickly.” Britta, Sr. UX Manager
- 20. “Visual card sortings work well for intuitively ordering our process.” Zita, Interaction Designer “It’s great for breaking down complex processes.” Patrick, Product Manager
- 21. “It’s important to differentiate between different target groups.” Faye, Marketing Manager
- 22. “We tried to find a picture that summarized our team values.” Julika, Frontend Engineer
- 23. “Visual notes on my iPad help me to remember the most important facts!” Eva, Jr. Manager User Insights
- 24. Some hands on examples … Visual brainstorming sessions spark our imagination!
- 25. Some hands on examples … Visual dictionary in Confluence
- 26. Some hands on examples … Even the door signs have been “infected”
- 27. Cheers! Questions? Britta Ullrich @Sabrittas Senior UX Manager @ XING Visual Trainer @ vizworks.de