When we launched the Rockstar Scribe course in May of 2011, we had so many amazing people appear in our lives. Heidi Forbes Öste (@ForbesOste) is definitely one of those people.

A Boston native, Heidi now lives in Sweden with her husband and children, and has a passion for humanizing technology and strategic use of social tools for individuals & organizations both online & face-to-face.

In her practice as a Global Social Strategist and Visual Practitioner, Heidi provides workshops, strategic visual harvesting and consulting to clients worldwide.

Somehow, she is also pursuing a doctorate through Fielding University.

As part of her wider research into the tools and methodologies used by the next generation of global leaders, Heidi has started down the path of researching the value of "visual practice" (visual facilitation, graphic recording, mindmapping, sketch-noting, etc.)

As a piece of her dissertation, Heidi's research on the visual practice, although still in the early stages, focuses on how it supports leadership and global teams using social technologies.

This discussion with Heidi was a fantastic opportunity to ask questions and gain insight into the broader trends at the intersection of social systems, collaborative technology, visual learning, innovation and global leadership.

For more information about Heidi's work, visit The Art of Social Strategy (http://forbesoste.com/)

TIME | TOPIC

00:00 | Introductions

03:00 | Heidi's History with Visual Facilitation 06:55 | Heidi's Research and Dissertation 09:30 | The Lexicon of Visual Practice

34:00 | Where to Take Survey and View Heidi's Research (forbesoste.com) 34:45 | Larger Question Being Explored 35:30 | Leadership and the New Social Paradigm

37:00 | Minimizing & Overcoming Miscommunication in a Global World 50:15 | Connect with Heidi at @forbesoste 54:00 | Special Announcements from Alphachimp

New Group of Rockstar Scribes Begins May 1.

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International Forum of Visual Practitioners Annual Conference

Keynote speakers included visual thinking luminaries, such as Sketchnote Army General Mike Rohde, Disney Imagineer Mk Haley, and interactive designer and documentary filmmaker Mike Roy.

One of the most rewarding parts of the conference was meeting more of our ACU students face-to-face who traveled to Da 'Burgh from around the globe, including: Wendy (Singapore); Lenni and Becca (Australia); Martine (Belgium); Avril (Canada); Dean (NYC); Roberta (Paris); plus veterans Lynn & Lynn (California); and many, many more.

Before the conference, Peter led a full-day workshop in professional development for graphic recorders. He incorporated many lessons learned from developing our online courses for beginners and experienced scribes. He was on site as a board member of the organization, as an instructor, and—most important—as a student of visual learning in action.

LEARN MORE at IFVP.org