Eric Volz links

Last week we were brainstorming about ways to cover the Eric Volz case. Here are the primary links that tell his story for reference.

Friends of Eric Volz

Free Eric Volz MySpace page

Online Vision coverage

Idea map steps

1. Write down your topic in bold letters.
2. Start blurting out any related concepts, phrases, and terms you can think of.
3. Use who, what, when, where, and why to help you generate ideas.
4. Don’t judge.
5. Don’t censor.
6. Jot it all down.
7. After you have finished jotting down all your ideas, identify the strongest themes.
8. Look for clusters of ideas.
9. Draw circles or lines to link related words and concepts.
10. On a new sheet of paper, reorganize your key themes into a “map” or “web”.
11. Now, jot down visual ideas that explain or illustrate the different aspects of the key concepts.

Idea mapping samples for downloading here

Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

Roll over each square and examples of the visual is displayed. This is a good tool to help you brainstorm story elements.
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