The Center for Graphic Facilitation

ImageThink: See Ya’ll at SXSW

 

Across 3 states and 2 countries, Ryan, Liisa, Sunni, Andrew, Heather and Nora are packing up their markers and heading for SXSW Interactive.

Watch us create live visuals of keynotes and the most popular sessions March 12-14.

Want to take note? Come by the Day Stage to get your own limited edition prints of all our illustrations and check out the gallery of graphic facilitation.

Can’t make it out west? See our work, along with visual notes from other attendees at our sponsor’s site. Or stay tuned by checking out our blog.

Follow more visual learners and famed sketchnoters at: http://ogilvynotes.com/

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ALOHA 2011: IFVP Conference in Hawaii

From Ripples to Waves:
Energizing You, Your Business,
and Our Community 

Register Now!

DATE: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:30 PM - Friday, October 21, 2011 3:30 PM (Hawaii Time)

LOCATION: Waikiki Marriott Beach & Spa Resort view

MORE: Questions about registration & logistics? Please contact organizers at [email protected]

A Message from Bigger Picture: Copenhagen Climate Change Conference

Hello friends,

As visual practitioners we all believe in the power of visuals to create engagement and clarity.

At the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference <http://www.cop15.com/>  we are the next 12 days using this power to help WWF create clarity around what is happening at the conference and what a good deal and agreement may look like.

We invite you to help us bring a lot of visuals into the negotiations and out to the public and hereby raise the understanding and prove the power of visuals.

Dan Roam: 1st Public "Back of the Napkin" Conference

Join Dan for his first public visual thinking conference. This is the complete two-day version of visual training that Dan has delivered at Microsoft,eBay, Boeing, Gap, Kraft, the US Navy, and theUnited States Senate.

$1,095. Register Here.
https://www.regonline.com/thebackofthenapkin_march2010
Kabuki Hotel, San Francisco

Attendees receive:

• Two full days of hands-on visual problem solving
• The Back of the Napkin Expanded Edition
• Unfolding the Napkin Workbook
• Personal whiteboard and drawing tools

For full details, visit The Back of the Napkin.com.
Dan's two new books available Dec. 30!


The Back of the Napkin Expanded Edition

• Larger format.
• Color.
• New & updated material.

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

• Completely new "how-to" visual method guide.
• Dozens of self-guided visual exercises.
• Introduces the 4 unwritten rules of visual thinking.

VizThink Webinar: Creating Global Change with Visual Language

FREE VizThink webinar entitled: “Creating Global Change with Visual Language, Thinking and Practice”

TIME: December 10, 2008 at 11:00am EST (GMT 16:00) 

The world is reaching several tipping points. We are experiencing a financial, climate and energy situations which are unprecedented. The complexity of the crisis is immense and the need for clarity and actions is growing. For the visual thinking community the opportunity is huge, and our contribution is desperately needed.

VizThink '08

David Gray, founder of Xplane, demonstrates in this simple slide show why any business-oriented visual-thinking person would want to go to this annual conference created, er... for them! 

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SEE: Communication Nation: Why go to VizThink?

ALSO: Check out David's Infography Manifesto.

Deconstructing Graphic Facilitation

 

clipped from web.mac.com Learning to facilitate using a shared visual workspace. A Class with Christine Valenza and Tom Benthin September 29 & 30, 2007 (with a half day followup session in January, 2008) Sausalito, California Deconstructing Graphic Facilitation is an introductory workshop that teaches the skills necessary to facilitate a group through the use of a shared visual workspace. By creating and refining a display that makes and holds a group’s thinking visible as it does its work, graphic facilitators are able to help groups function more smoothly, more effectively and achieve results more quickly. Because of the central role that using a shared visual workspace plays, this workshop will focus on its use as a primary facilitation tool, fusing the traditional roles of facilitator and graphic recorder into one.

Ye Olde Survey

I am conducting a poll to gauge the ease or difficulty that the graphic facilitation community has in describing what they do for a living.

(Usually, I wind up telling people I doodle for dollars.)

Please take a second to take the anonymous poll on the right-hand sidebar and post any comments below.

SHIFT-IT Coach, Inc.

Seasoned coach and graphic facilitator, Christina Merkley is announcing the launch of her new graphic coaching company: SHIFT-IT Coach, Inc. 

ABOVE: Merkley's visual bio

Christina is a graphic facilitator and graphic recorder who has always had a fascination in using interactive graphics at a deep personal level.  She has built that fascination into a growing coaching and mentoring practice - where she assists individuals and couples in doing personal visioning and strategic planning work, all with visual methods.  Check out her new blog and website.  A product line of downloadable graphic coaching tools will be available in the new year. 

Blog:   http://www.shift-it-coach.com/blog/
Site: http://www.shift-it-coach.com

Check out the articles and ezine, especially: The W5s of Graphic Coaching.

The International Forum of Visual Practitioner’s Conference 2006!

“HEAD,   HEART and HANDS: Catalyzing Powerful   High-Touch Communication”

October 26 – 29, 2006
Granlibakken Resort & Conference Center,
Tahoe City, California [see map]

Whether an old-timer with 30+ years of scrbing under your belt, or a newcomer eager to learn about the trade secrets, skills and practioners in this field, this gathering is well worth the journey.

Details at http://www.ifvp.org/