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Mark Pinto Featured on "Chewing Pencils"

Friday Feature Artist: Mark Pinto

Published August 17th, 2007 in Feature Artist

NAME: Mark Pinto
AGE: 46
LOCATION: Cleveland, OH
SITE URL:
http://www.markpintogroup.com
http://3cofgc.blogspot.com/
http://flickr.com/photos/pintoma/

How long have you been drawing cartoons?

Though I use concepts from cartooning, I am not really a cartoonist. I am a Graphic Facilitator (GF). A GF uses graphics as a communication device to turn dialog and conversation that takes place in a group setting, usually to capture some important decision, strategy, or concept. I have been doing this as part of my job since 1996 when I worked in a large consulting firm as part of a service we delivered to clients.

What made you start to think more seriously about making some money out of it?

I actually started doing this independently when the job market fell apart in 2001 and I was out of a job. I am also a consultant and meeting facilitator, but this has differentiated me the most as few people do this, especially in my region. MORE>>

GF Guru Update: Christina Merkley

Christina Merkley, Canadian Graphic Facilitator and the SHIFT-IT Coach (see www.makemark.com and www.shift-it-coach.com ) has some added some new downloads and freebies to her sites.  Christina is big into education around the graphic facilitation and recording fields.  (See Flickr photos.)

To that end she has created some large info murals and articles.  One on The History and Evolution of the Graphic Facilitation and Recording Fields and one on her take on common definitions: custom chart work, graphic facilitation, graphic recording and graphic coaching.

Tufte v. Kirk: How Many Red-Shirts Must Die?

This intriguing chart was sent in by Mark A Hart. He describes it as "a traditional analysis and presentation compared to a Tufte-like graphic." Of course, anything that mashes up information graphics and Captain Kirk, well, it's priceless.

Analytics According to Captain Kirk

By Matt Bailey (Founder, SiteLogic)