Working in large format (e.g., on a large white board or piece of paper) is a very different feeling from working in a notebook or even on flipchart paper. I find that it elicits more creativity, more expansive thinking, and frees the “thinkers” (either the artist or the client group, in a graphic facilitation session) [...]
Last Thursday and Friday I was in Vancouver at UBC, attending the IAF Canada Tour Workshops. (IAF stands for International Association of Facilitators). Below the cut there are reviews of the workshops and scans of my graphic notes from the sessions. Both sets of graphic notes are merely the “highlights” of the workshop since much [...]
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Over the last weekend I completed two strategic planning sessions with non-profit boards, the Family Violence Project and Intrepid Theatre. I have piles and piles of charts to put the finishing touches on, but before I do that I wanted to do some reflection on how these sessions went. Share and Enjoy:
Yesterday morning, I worked with Paul and Sheila in a Visual Life Planning session at my office. Paul and Sheila are warm, loving people who have travelled far and wide, and each of them is committed to leading a fully evolved and self-actualized life. They’ve been looking for a way to pull together the various [...]
When I learned about meeting graphics we were introduced to a broad range of chart types, featuring mostly templates from the Grove Consultants. Having pioneered the field, their line of templates is thorough, well-researched and tested, and well documented for leaders. The other thing they are is Expensive. Returning to Victoria and starting out with [...]
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Thank you for being patient – it’s been a very interesting week of beginnings and endings! Here are the charts from the Business Leaders Summit. Clicking on the thumbtail will take you to another page just for the image, where if you click again on the image you’ll see the full size. In between the [...]
Early in February, I did some values visualizing work with Melissa Phillips, an amazing Shiatsu practitioner and friend. She generously allowed me to “test out” my visual life inventory model with her and even more generously has allowed me to share the results with my blog readers. The process for creating this tree was: Melissa [...]
That was the scene last week, on March 17, when I facilitated a group of 60 women who needed to brainstorm what they need out of their leaders for the coming year. The conference was in Richmond over three days, so I got to travel back and forth on Harbour Air – returning to Victoria [...]
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I’m getting ready to go to Richmond to co-facilitate a workshop session with 60 participants tomorrow. To say I was slightly nervous would be an accurate representation of the current situation. However, it’s more a nervousness that stems from hoping I don’t find I’m lacking a key tool or resource once I get there. I’m [...]
I’ve been reading “The Facilitator’s Guide to Participative Decision-Making” and wanted to share some notes with you on group communication. The book points out that ideas put forth in a meeting gain more acceptance and attention if they are expressed in an acceptable communication style. This means complete sentences, well-thought-through statements, not repetitive. Some people [...]
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