Author Archives: Sabrina

Our article “Understanding the Impact of Visual Representation Restrictiveness on Experience Sharing: an Experimental Assessment” has just been published in the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing. Abstract: This study investigates the effects of the restrictiveness of visuals on the communication process and outcome in small groups. Visual restrictiveness is conceived as the constraints imposedContinue reading “Understanding the Impact of Visual Representation Restrictiveness on Experience Sharing”

We are glad that our newest articles on “The Pitfalls of Visual Representations: A Review and Classification of Common Errors Made while Designing and Interpreting Visualizations” is published on Sage Open. You can access it for free at this link. Abstract: A large body of research has addressed the benefits of visualization, whereas the analysisContinue reading “The Pitfalls of Visual Representations”

Our latest article on PowerPoint has just been made available before print on the Journal “Business and Professional Communication Quarterly”. It contains a literature review of the “problems” that PowerPoint and similar presentation tools can create. It also includes a useful pictorial table with the classification of the major 18 constraining qualities: To know moreContinue reading “The Constraining Qualities of PowerPoint”

The University of Zurich has created a very useful interactive map of statistical analyses. The map helps you decide with analysis type you need, and when you click on the specific test, it gives more information about it. A very good example of the use of visualization as a website map!

This video explains a visual model of the design process, which will be presented at the Internation Conference of Information Visualization in Barcelona on July 23th 2015. The aim of the visual model is to assemble the main phases (and related procedures and tools) of the design process to provide a pragmatic visual guide forContinue reading “Presentation of the Visual Design Model”

I’m very glad to have two articles accepted for presentation at the 19th International Conference on Information Visualisation, which will take place at the University of Barcelona on July 22-24th 2015. The first article is titled “The Design Process: A Visual Model.” Abstract: “Knowledge visualizations are often created by practitioners and managers, not necessarily byContinue reading “Our research at the 19th International Conference on Information Visualisation”

The Focus magazing of University of St. Gallen has just published an interview in which I discuss digital aids for presentations.

Yesterday April 28th 2015 the Impact Investing and Social Finance Conference 2015 took place at the University of St. Gallen. It has been a remarkable event in which impressive spekers presented thier cases and opinions on the topic of Social Impact Investment, especially in the context of Latin America. The conference was organized by theContinue reading “Impact Investing and Social Finance Conference 2015”

Today we start the second part of Module 5 on Linguistics and Semiotics at the Università della Svizzera italiana, for the Executive Master of Advanced Studies in Intercultural Communication. Here you can find the presentation of the course: http://prezi.com/fvrhi63ny9it/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share I’m looking forward to meet again the MIC 7 group!

I’m very honored to have all my 3 papers accepted at the next Academy of Management meeting in Vancouver this August 2015! The first paper is: “Intercultural Groups and Visual Collaborative Systems: Increasing Structuring to Improve Precision.” written in collaboration with Alice Comi of Aalto University, Finland. In this paper we present the results ofContinue reading “Our research at the Academy of Management Meeting 2015”