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After many years working live as a visual journalist, thanks to the amazing vTapestry team, we have figured out how to automate the practice of real-time visual meeting capture for online meetings. The power of visual metaphor is enormous for communicating complexity and facilitating deep engagement--exactly what we need in the technological era. Virtual meetings need humanizing!Backstory: After many years as a daily newspaper reporter, I wrote a book on creativity and, in the research phase, discovered that innovative thinkers rely on nonverbal wisdom for their breakthrough ideas. Then as a researcher in learning and innovation at Institute for the Future, I learned the use of visual language to map cross-disciplinary ideas and create forecasts. From there, I developed my Visual Insight practice working with leaders of Fortune 500 companies and educational nonprofits, leveraging visuals for transformational thinking and learning.Witnessing the impact of our big-picture visuals on groups, I became curious about why it worked so well. It was more than just people seeing an immediate summary of their conversation with illustrations. There was something about the metaphors from nature and ancient symbols that provided a framework that helped people think together. Thanks to my Bonnie DeVarco, the mysteries began to come clear. Then I embarked on Masters program in psychology focused on Dr. Carl G. Jung's theories about symbols and archetypes. This provided systematic understanding about how and why certain symbols can capture subtle but powerful meanings within a group. And this enabled a vision for technology that could scale visual journalism for all meetings--not just the face-to-face meetings with a live graphic recorder.

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