
By Russ Morris, Guest Columnist
In the past 8 years I’ve been lucky enough to have my work exposed to a greater audience by being socially active on the internet.
But, was it just luck?
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Tags: art, photography, service adoption, social media, technology, vni, VNI-SA, VSA
“If your VP asks you to draw your idea on the board, I want you to acquit yourself favorably.” This was one of the goals of a half-day Visual Communications class I took recently. Our teacher, Greg Twiss, is a Design & Engineering Operations Director here at Cisco, and also a former IDEO Client Manager and Product Design Consultant.

We had a whirlwind tour of drawing perspective, shadowing and creating visual tension. Greg talked about how strong visuals combined with great story tellling creates a lasting message. No more bullet point lists for us!
He also talked about our adult hang-ups. All kids say they can draw. He then asked our class how many people could draw and 2 people raised their hands. The constant self critique while drawing really gets in our way. Read More »
Tags: art, communications, diversity, drawing, Inclusion and Diversity