Sam Warren asked me to post the presentation software I used at the Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism 2010 (SCOS) in Lille. The software is called Prezi and it is a good alternative to Powerpoint as it uses a zoom function instead of slides. University staff can get a free online license! If you are looking for a less linear way to present this might be an option.
Please see the “Activities” tab above for details of the forthcoming inVisio seminar at Surrey, UK on ‘Computer Analysis of Visual Data’ on Thurs 5th August. Places FREE 
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Panel Speakers: Sam Warren (University of Surrey); David Buchanan (Cranfield University); Tim Clark (University of Durham); Simon Linacre (Emerald Publishing); Jonathan Schroeder (University of Exeter); Emma Bell (University of Exeter)
The aim of this panel is to raise awareness of the visual dimensions of management and organizational research. As organizational stakeholders become increasingly visually literate, the need to find innovative ways to analyse visual materials becomes paramount. Although a growing number of management researchers are beginning to engage with visual data, the uptake of visually-oriented management research has so far been limited in our community. This panel questions why this might be the case, through critical discussion intended to surface and address some of the theoretical and practical challenges that may be preventing management researchers from incorporating the visual into their research and teaching practice.
Themes for discussion:
For more information go to: http://www.bam.ac.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=161
Warren, S (2010) ‘Review: Visualising Impossible Worlds: A Review of the inVisio Online ‘webinar’‘, Management Learning, 41(2): 243-250
Link to Sam Warren’s review of INVISIO 6: the online Invisio Workshop held in September 2009
Scarles, C. (2010) As Words Fail, Visuals Ignite: Visual Autoethnography in Tourism Research. Submitted to Annals of Tourism Research. In press and available online at:
Excellent working paper by Prosser et al on the ‘ethical hypochondria’ surrounding visual methods and ethics (lovely phrase!)
Sam Warren and Beatriz Acevedo present the 28th Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism (SCOS) which takes Vision as a central motif of contemporary management practice. We invite delegates to think of vision and organisation as conceptual, ideological and metaphorical practice. We want to inspire you to broaden your vision of vision beyond that which is ‘just’ symbolic. Visit the conference website at www.scos.org/2010/ for the full Call for Papers and further details.
Jane Davison, Chris McLean and Sam Warren invite contributions to a ground-breaking Special Issue of the journal Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management that address a wide range of perspectives and ideas relating to the visual within qualitative organization and management studies. Criteria for inclusion will (in addition to the usual QROM criteria) include: (1) originality of subject matter or approach; (2) critical engagement with the topic; and (3) contribution to qualitative research in the organization and management field. We also hope to place particular emphasis on creative and innovative approaches – including those that criticise the desirability of increasingly visualised organizational communication. Click on the link belo to download the full Call for Papers
Warren, S. (2002) “Show me how it feels to work here: Using photography to research organizational aesthetics” Ephemera, Vol 2 (3) pp. 224 – 245
Warren, S. (2005) “Photography and Voice in Critical, Qualitative Management Research” Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal,Vol 18 (6) pp. 861 – 882
Warren, S. (2008) “Empirical Challenges in Organizational Aesthetics Research: Towards a sensual methodology” Organization Studies, Vol 29 (4) pp. 559 – 580
Warren, S. (2008) “Visual Methods in Organizational Research” in D. Buchanan & A. Bryman (eds.) Sage Handbook of Organizational Research Methods, forthcoming