Recently I attended the International Exploratory Workshop “Social Robots and Emotion: transcending the boundary between humans and ICTs”, which took place at Franklin College Switzerland. It was very stimulating and motivating, and I very much enjoyed the friendly atmosphere and intellectual talks. Special thanks to Satomi for the organization and to professor Katz for theContinue reading “Integrated (Presentation) Communication”
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The Impact of Visual Mapping on Emotion and Cognition
The International Exploratory Workshop “Social Robots and Emotion: transcending the boundary between humans and ICTs” will take place at Franklin College Switzerland on June 3-4th 2011. I will be presenting some new findings on “The Impact of Visual Mapping on Emotion and Cognition”. See the presentation.
Carolyn Dexter Award Nominee
Our paper “Communicating Strategy Across Cultures with Visualization: An Experimental Evaluation ” has been nominated for the Academy of Management’s Carolyn Dexter Award for best international paper! The presentation will take place at the Academy of Management meeting on Tuesday August 16th 3:00PM at La Quinta Inn http://program.aomonline.org/2011/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=2123 Abstract: In this study we investigate theContinue reading “Carolyn Dexter Award Nominee”
Epiday
Wednesday May 18th will take place USI’s EpiDay (Epi for EpistemologicalDay, but also HappyDay, if you wish). I’ll be presenting my latest study, a cross-cultural experiment about the reception of knowledge visualization to communicate strategy in Europe, East Asia and South Asia (=India). Here you can view my presentation and abstract. Feedback and comments are welcome.
IV conference
We are on the cover of the International Conference of Information Visualization 2011! My picture is right in the middle of the program booklet 🙂 The presentation of our paper “The Effectiveness of Knowledge Visualization for Organizational Communication in Europe and India” will take place Thursday 14th at 15:30 at the SOAS – The BruneiContinue reading “IV conference”
Visual instruction for managing your hotel room
Kartause Ittingen is an historical village of Switzerland, lost in the woods north-east of Zurich, where you can have truly peaceful corporate meetings. In fact the village has been beautifully renovated to host a conference center, surrounded by beautiful gardens, horses, sheep and museums, including a remarkable church. Where is the academic part? Well, youContinue reading “Visual instruction for managing your hotel room”
Social Media Explained Visually
What is social media? A visual explanation! Via Alex Mari
Interactive history timeline visualized for iPad
History is becoming modern: an interactive version of the the most relevant historical events have been developed for iPad by Garzanti. It promises to be more engaging than static timelines found in books and thus help learners to explore the content and learn more.
Political campaign in Ticino going visual
Political parties is Switzerland have often made large use of visuals during political campaigns, in particular the right-wing has used metaphors of black sheep and rats to refer to foreigners. It seems to be a general trend that the left parties are picking up in response. In this Example below you see a knowledge visualizationContinue reading “Political campaign in Ticino going visual”
A Visual Approach to Cross-cultural Communication
Much has been written about cross-cultural communication. Yet only few have tried to visualize it. Richard Lewis is proably the most comprehensive book using a visual approach to explain cross-cultural differences worldwide. His book “Cross-cultural Communication. A visual approach“, first published in 1999, has reached the Second Edition in 2008, widely expanded to 287 pages. IContinue reading “A Visual Approach to Cross-cultural Communication”
Sabrina Bresciani, Ph.D. 