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05.27.2019—2am    Post #12598
The graphic of a keynote presentation

I am quite impressed by how the artist captured the highlights of my talk and made it such a fun illustration.

Here is how British illustrator, Jack Brougham, graphically translated my keynote for the Eidos Conference in Milan Friday, May 24 .

My talk was titled: Storytelling in the Age of Mobile First. He captured it all, did not miss a thing. I love it. Thanks so much, Jack.

All about the artist

This is how Jack Brougham describes what he does:


I am an illustrator and cartoonist who specialises in visualising people’s conversations and presentations, at events, in real time.


I use cartooning, narrative and humour to represent clients’ ideas in ways that are fun, compelling and clear. This helps important ideas stick in participants’ minds. Having someone visualising discussions helps build participation and enthusiasm in workshops and seminars. In ideation sessions it helps speed up the process, helping group members to avoid becoming distracted by detail and stay focused on the big picture.

Image courtesy of the Jack Brougham website; https://www.jackbroughamdrawing.com

Mario’s speaking engagements

Mario addressing the INMA 19 Congress in New York City May 15, 2019.

Here are places where I will be taking the message of mobile storytelling in the weeks ahead:

June 12, NEC Media City, Bergen, Norway, Storytelling workshop for Editors

June 13, Fortellingens kraft 2019, Bergen, Norway, Long form Mobile Storytelling for Writers

July 11, Florida Media Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, Keynote for editors: The mobile first newspaper strategy.

Mario’s weekend rituals…..

Monocle interviews me about what I do on a typical weekend (is there such a thing? Not for someone like me who is seldom in the same location twice. But I gave it my best shot, for what may come as a normal weekend, when I am home in New York! Enjoy.

https://monocle.com/minute/2019/04/27/

Pre-order The Story

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The newspaper remains the most powerful source of storytelling on the planet. But technology threatens its very existence. To survive, the Editor must transform, adapt, and manage the newsroom in a new way. Find out how, pre-orderThe Story by Mario Garcia, chief strategist for the redesign of over 700 newspapers around the world.

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Order here:
https://thaneandprose.com/shop-the-bookstore?olsPage=products%2Fthe-story

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An interview of interest

http://www.itertranslations.com/blog/2019/3/11/fd60ybflpvlqrgrpdp5ida5rq0c3sp

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