Author Archives: Sabrina

Click on the image to view the video. Reference: Bresciani, S., Arora, P. & Kernbach, S. (2018). Education and Culture Affect Visualization’s Effectiveness for Health Communication. 22 International Conference Information Visualisation (IV18), 10 – 13 July 2018, Salerno, Italy.

Bresciani, S. & Eppler M.J. (2018) Key Dimensions of Visual Design Thinking: An Application to the Social Innovation Context. R&D Management conference, Milan, July 2-4 2018. The Prezi presentation is available here

In our chapter “Digital Knowledge Mapping“, we propose that visual mapping is a very effective way of sharing, integrating and creating knowledge and value for collaborative work in organizations. We present online visual collaboration tools that enable digital change in organizations and present the theoretical bases which explains the benefits of visualization for facilitating digitalContinue reading “Digital Knowledge Mapping Tools”

Per il mio nuovo incarico di esperta di materia alla Scuola cantonale di Commercio di Bellinzona, ho preparato una breve presentazione del mio percorso professionale (con Prezi)

I always wondered why people like piecharts so much, although they are a very inefficient way to visualize information…  I just found the answer in the article “The pie chart: Why data visualization’s greatest villain will never die” on Quarz. According to the article by Dan Kopf, “people are more attracted to objects with curves.Continue reading “Pie not?”

Come negoziano i manager ticinesi con le aziende cinesi? Il 12 aprile 2018 presenterò i risultati della ricerca condotta da Patrick Heimenn dell’università di St. Gallen alla conferenza dell’associazione svizzera di media e comunicazione. La presentazione è disponibile sia in italiano sia in inglese. Bresciani, S. & Heimann, P. (2018). Sino-Swiss Communication and Negotiation Practices.Continue reading “Pratiche di negoziazione tra Svizzeri e Cinesi”

Our presentation “Women’s Occupation Type Moderates Multimodal Communication Effectiveness” is now available online. At the Annual conference of the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM-SGKM), on April 12 2018 in Lugano, I will present the insights of a field experiment we have conducted in India to improve health communication related to polycystic ovarianContinue reading “Moderators of Multimodal Health Communication”

We are glad to have two presentations of our researchat the next Annual conference of the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research, which will take place in Lugano the 12th and 13th of April 2018. The 12th of April around 12.00 I will present “Women’s Occupation Type Moderates Multimodal Communication Effects“, which covers ourContinue reading “Our Research at the Annual conference of the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research”

The interactive presentation of the workshop “Presentation Skills” for the Master of Advanced Studies in Intercultural Communication of the Università della Svizzera italiana is available at this link. The class will take place Wednesday October 4th at 1pm: I’m looking forward to meet the new MIC group!

Improving our communication skills is not as easy as reading a book on communication. Proclaiming our self as the leader does not make us a leader. So how can we enhance our communication and leadership skills? An innovative and powerful experiential learning method is Horse Facilitated Learning. What is it? It’s not about learning toContinue reading “Horse Facilitated Learning for enhancing communication and leadership skills”