The Center for Graphic Facilitation

Discussion with Heidi Forbes Oste on the Value of Visual Practice

As part of her wider research into the tools and methodologies used by the next generation of global leaders, Heidi Forbes Oste has started down the path of researching the value of “visual practice” (visual facilitation, graphic recording, mindmapping, sketch-noting, etc.)

As a piece of her dissertation, Heidi’s research on the visual practice, although still in the early stages, focuses on how it supports leadership and global teams using social technologies.

In this one-hour webinar with Alphachimp's Peter Durand, Heidi answered questions and gave insight into the broader trends at the intersection of social systems, collaborative technology, visual learning, innovation and global leadership.

Video & Digital Sketchnotes at http://alphachimpu.com/rock-the-monkey-visual-practice-with-heidi-forbes-oste/

Learning Graphic Facilitation — 7 Elements by Bigger Picture

Bigger Picture has offers training in Graphic Facilitation based on 10+ years of experience in the field and their own methodology. In the video summary above, you will learn 7 basic elements of visualising processes and how to make them work together.

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Bigger Picture encourages you to discover your own visual language and become skilled at continously building it and finally you wil learn how to use visual techniques and tools to facilitate groups toward shared understanding. More at: http://biggerpicture.dk/

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Shape Your Thinking

Discussion: Storytelling and success stories

Visual Language

Shape Your Thinking

Brandy Agerbeck rocks TEDxWindyCity through her personal exploration of her own path as a visual learner.

Being three-dimensional creatures, why do we flatten our thinking to fit onto paper and screens? Graphic facilitator and artist Brandy Agerbeck shares the micro and macro of shaping your thinking.

First, access the five powers you hold in your hand to visualize your ideas. Then, join in a larger mash-up movement to make us all better learners, critical thinkers and decision makers.

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Bigger Picture: TEDx Copenhagen 2012

via VizThink Group on LinkedIn

Ready for a 13 minute ride of an entire TEDx Event? TEDx Copenhagen (http://tedxcopenhagen.dk/) took place September 18th 2012 in Bremen Theater. This is your chance to connect the dots in a timelapse video by Bigger Picture.

Ole Qvist-Sørensen of Bigger Picture was also on stage at the big event, encouraging people to draw together.

We must draw more together. We all know that a picture is worth a 1000 words. Pictures can convey complex information in a way, which is natural for our brains to grasp. Visual thinking is a gift we all have and drawing is an easy and simple way to show and involve others in understanding -- or seeing -- what we mean. Drawing together can be seen as a collective meaning-making process for a group. It's easy to learn. It's intuitive. It starts with pen, paper and curiosity.

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Animating an "Explainer" for the Final Season of Showtime's Series, Weeds

Ladies and gentlemen, another tipping point has been reached...



(via studiodaily.com)

New York animation studio IdeaRocket was tapped to create the new show open for the final season of Showtime's Weeds. IdeaRocket specializes in "explainers," which made it an ideal choice for Weeds executive producers Jenji Kohan and Roberto Benabib, who wanted a short-and-sweet retelling of the narrative of the first seven seasons of the show.

Taking the popular whiteboard animation videos from the RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) in London as a model, IdeaRocket Creative Director William Gadea's team built the clip to order. "I think the reason the RSA style is so hypnotizing is because you are witnessing a creative act," Gadea says.

We asked him Five Questions about IdeaRocket, Weeds, and keeping it simple.

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23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health?

Conceived and written by Dr. Mike Evans
Illustrated by Liisa Sorsa
Produced, Directed and Filmed by Nick De Pencier

 

23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health? A Doctor-Professor answers the old question "What is the single best thing we can do for our health" in a completely new way. Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael's Hospital.

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Kikayis “Summer Time” Window Painting

(via Morton of limeisgood.com)

Beau­ti­ful and intri­cate win­dow paint­ing by Barcelona-based Kikayis, using liquid chalk markers.

SOURCE: http://www.designworklife.com/

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Graphic Economic Explaination with Robert Reich

From MoveOn.org:

 

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich said he could explain the problems with the economy in less than 2 minutes, 15 seconds—and he did it (with illustrations to boot).

Check it out:
http://front.moveon.org/scribbling-sharpie-illustrates-the-truth-about-our-economy/#.Tfp9Qm0gbA0;facebook

(via Nancy Margulies)

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The Exquisite Corpse of Science

 

How do different people and groups of people view science? What do they know about it? What do they think is important? In this educational project, Tim Jones, communicatescience.com and two colleagues from Imperial College asked three groups of people what they thought was important about science today......and draw it ! Here is the result expressed as four drawings joined using the Surrealists' technique of 'Exquisite Corpse'.

(via Perrin Ireland)

How to Write Like an Architect

In this video from the series How to Architect, Doug Patt demonstrates how to architect with the basic drafting tools for an architect when working by hand: a parallel rule, a t-square, and an Ames lettering guide to create the lines for the lettering. 

Although this is a controlled tabletop activity, the principles apply to graphic recording. Doug's advice: "I'd say the most important thing to remember about hand lettering is that your letters need to seem animated while still appearing orderly and neat. I think this is achieved by using a few conventions."

(via Dave's Faves)

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