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“I SEE What You MEAN!” Visual Tools for Leaders

Monday September 12, 2016

1:45 – 3:00 pm facilitated by Eris Weaver

Eris Weaver, Graphic Facilitator & Consultant

707-338-8589 • [email protected] • www.erisweaver.info fa cil’ i tāt: to make easier

DEFINITIONS Visual thinking: using imagery, drawing, and graphic displays to see patterns, solve problems, and communicate.

Mind map: diagram used to visually outline and connect information, with related concepts radiating outward from a core, central word or image. Popularized by Tony Buzan in the 1970s.

Graphic recording: documenting a conversation, meeting, or presentation in real time in words and images. Can be done live or virtually, on large paper, whiteboard, or digitally.

Graphic facilitation: integrating facilitation and interactive visual practices to facilitate group process.

Sketchnotes: Taking personal notes using images as well as words.

Gamestorming: the use of interactive games for group work including ideation, strategic planning, design, problem solving. See book of the same name by Dave Gray et al.

Kinesthetic modeling: a hands-on method for creative problem-solving created by John Ward. Individuals or groups silently make three-dimensional models out of modeling dough, popsicle sticks, random objects, etc.

Template, graphic template: a pre-drawn template, designed for a particular type of group process such as strategic planning or visioning, which is filled in during the group session.

THINGS TO TRY…

• Get an inexpensive sketchbook and pens that you like. Carry them with you and doodle or sketchnote while you’re at meetings or presentations.

• Try mindmapping next time you need to plan a presentation, make a to-do list, or take notes on a book.

• Put a whiteboard or flipchart in your office where you can write on it easily and often!

• Put butcher paper on a wall, or paint a wall with whiteboard or chalkboard paint.

• Read one of the books on the resource list.

• Get friendly with sticky notes!

• Try using one of the attached templates in one of your meetings.

• Take a workshop in one of the methods we’ve played with today.

• Bring a visual practitioner into your workplace – to train your staff, or document one of your meetings.

• Put play-doh or “fiddles” out on the tables during meetings.

• Try giving a presentation using a whiteboard or flipchart instead of PowerPoint.



FLIP CHART BASICS



TEMPLATE SAMPLES

Empathy map

Unscaping the goat


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Consultant

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Common interest map

Strategic visioning

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Process/workflow map

Power maps




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Note-taking template for conference/presentation take

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taking template for conference/presentation take-aways


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RESOURCES: BOOKS

*Agerbeck, Brandy. The Graphic Facilitator's Guide: How to Use Your Listening, Thinking and

Drawing Skills to Make Meaning. Loosetooth.com, 2012.

Buzan, Tony. The Mind Map Book: Unlock Your Creativity, Boost Your Memory, Change Your

Life. Harlow : Pearson/BBC Active, 2010.

Dobrowolski, Patti. Drawing Solutions: How Visual Goal Setting Will Change Your Life.

Creative Genius, 2012.

Gray, Dave, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo. Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators,

Rulebreakers, and Changemakers. Sebastopol: O’Reilly, 2010.

Margulies, Nancy and Nusa Maal. Mapping Inner Space: Learning and Teaching Visual

Mapping. Tucson: Zephyr Press, 2002.

Margulies, Nancy and Christine Valenza. Visual Thinking: Tools for Mapping Your Ideas.

Norwalk, CT: Crown, 2005.

*Reynolds, Garr. Presentation Zen. Berkeley, CA: New Riders, 2008.

*Roam, Dan. The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures. New

York: Portfolio, 2008.

----- Unfolding the Napkin: The Hands-On Method for Solving Complex Problems with Simple

Pictures. New York: Portfolio, 2009.

----- Blah Blah Blah: What To Do When Words Don't Work. New York: Portfolio, 2010.

Rohde, Mike. The Sketchnote Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Visual Note Taking.

Peachpit, 2013.

Sibbet, David. Graphic Facilitation: Transforming Group Process with the Power of Visual

Listening. The Grove, 2006.

----- Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes and Idea Mapping Can Transform Group

Productivity. Wiley, 2010.

----- Visual Teams: Graphic Tools for Commitment, Innovation, and High Performance. Wiley,

2011.

----- Visual Leaders: New Tools for Visioning, Strategy, and Organizational Change. Wiley,

2013.

Straker, David. Rapid Problem-solving with Post-it Notes. Da Capo Press, 1997.



RESOURCES: WEBSITES & ORGANIZATIONS

The International Forum of Visual Practitioners includes a directory of graphic recorders &

facilitators and background information on the profession. http://www.ifvp.org

Dan Roam’s Napkin Academy is a do-it-yourself curriculum for visual thinking.

http://www.napkinacademy.com

The Grove Consultants International provides books, training, and products for visual practice.

http://www.grove.com

Presentation Zen is Garr Reynolds’ blog on presentation design.

http://www.presentationzen.com

RESOURCES: MATERIALS Neuland, a German company, produces excellent REFILLABLE markers and other great

facilitation supplies. http://www.neuland.com/US

The Grove Consultants offer books, markers, paper, and a variety of paper and digital

templates. They also offer workshops. http://store.grove.com/

Dick Blick is a great art store; I mostly purchase 4’ paper rolls from them.

http://www.dickblick.com/

Landau Chartworks in Sausalito is the go-to company for scanning large charts into beautiful

digital images & prints. http://www.chartworks.us/

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