9/21/2023 0 Comments Funny venn diagrams meatloaf![]() ![]() I don't know how to draw, but I would draw funny drawings and I'd spend all week trying to figure out how I could draw a funny idea or a funny story or something funny that happened in a way that people thought was entertaining. Like, this is going to be fantastic." So I did it and she would just hand me, at the time, this is how old I am, the transparency pen for the overhead projector. ![]() If you are quiet and calm and you pay attention all week, every Friday, I will give you the last 10 minutes of class to entertain the class, and it's your 10 minutes." And I thought, "Wow! I get my own show at the end of every Friday. Wilson said, "Look, I'll make a deal with you. And I can tell you the first time I realized that visual storytelling was powerful was in sixth grade, I was one of those people that jumped out of their chair and kind of was the class clown. If I can't figure something out, the first thing I try to do is draw at least what I know, instead of just write down what I know, try to find relationships between ideas or things or findings or results or stories, and try to visually see them at play. I can tell you that I've always been a visual thinker. Do you remember how and when you started using visual models and maybe, when that was sort of a key part of your process? - Wow. So why do you think that is? It doesn't make any sense. And yet, I do think of you as one of the best creators of visual models that I know. They're data visualization practitioners and people like that, but you're not. So, what's interesting is that most of my guests, no matter what I'm talking about, and I'm usually talking about data storytelling, data visualization, concept visualization, whatever. I'm so excited to talk about visual models with someone else who loves visual models. So, Drew, welcome and thanks for talking with me today. And one of the things I've always admired about him is that he's a really big idea guy, and he always wraps those big ideas in visual models to help make them easier to understand. ![]() His career includes running and selling an agency, producing NBC's "Today Show", and working at the "Muppets" and for Charles Kuralt. Drew is a bestselling author and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker. And we're here to talk about visual models. (upbeat music) - I'm very excited to have with me today Andrew Davis, or Drew, as I call him. ![]()
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