I’m going to be doing graphic recording for a Youth Suicide Prevention Community Forum, put on by NEED Crisis Line and UVic’s School of Child and Youth Care tonight. I thought I’d share my preparation process as a blog post, and then I can share the post-event process and the images. Doing this blog post [...]
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I just received my first shipment from Neuland North America – I must be a “real” graphic facilitator now, because I’ve got Neuland products! These are my business’ Christmas present to itself. Here’s what Santa got Directis: BIKABLO! Bikablo is a pocket-sized coil-bound book containing hundreds of icons for use on flip charts / murals, [...]
I’ve completed three graphic facilitation/recording engagements in the past two weeks, and my ears are starting to pop from the vertical gain on this learning curve. Along with the lessons learned in on-the-fly visual listening, I’m starting to develop quite the little collection of paraphernalia for photographing my charts. In the past month I’ve acquired [...]
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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’m facilitating a board retreat for a local theatre organization this weekend. This week is all about preparing my charts for this meeting. Last Friday I met with the GM and showed him my sketches and planned agenda – these got the nod, so now I am making up charts with titles and “starter graphics” [...]
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A quick suggestion here for visual types who are looking for new turf to explore for ideas about making charts: Google “graphic organizers” and ride the wave of elementary school teachers resources! This is my favorite… a flowchart that helps you figure out what sort of visual presentation to use for a particular topic. Dan [...]
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